7/25/2023 0 Comments Alaska quake predicted![]() So it’s fairly sparsely populated.īut maybe more importantly is the depth of the earthquake, how deep it is in the earth. The nearby towns that received heavy shaking in places like Perryville only have 100 or so people living in them. First, the Aleutians are very sparsely populated. Stephen Holtkamp: There are a couple of factors here. ![]() The following transcript was lightly edited for clarity. Holtkamp told Alaska Public Media’s Casey Grove that it caused little apparent damage because of it remoteness and depth. Seismologist Stephen Holtkamp with the Alaska Earthquake Center is one of the researchers studying Wednesday night’s quake. Still, it was the largest earthquake in the United States in 50 years, a classic Alaska subduction zone earthquake, where the tectonic plate beneath the Pacific Ocean is subducting - sliding under - the North American plate upon which Alaska sits. RELATED: Major quake hits off the coast of Alaska, triggers tsunami warnings The magnitude 8.2 earthquake that struck off Alaska’s southwest coast Wednesday night gave nearby residents a good shake and triggered tsunami warnings, but there were no large waves or any immediate reports of major damage or injuries. Screenshot from Alaska Earthquake Center map
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