Showing posts with label Alaska earthquakes. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Alaska earthquakes. Show all posts

Thursday, May 5, 2011

Moderate Quakes Hit Alaska,Mexico, and Japan

 Today has been an active day for mother nature so far. A 5.8 quake in Guerrero, Mexico. A 6.1 quake off the coast of Japan. And then there is Alaska. 5.4, 5.8, 5.4 and then a 5.9 all are around the peninsula. So far nothing major but these quakes are larger than normal and for Alaska to have 4 in such a concentrated area it is possible that these could be foreshocks to a larger quake.

Alaska has a history of very large earthquakes. March 27th, 1964 a 9.2 earthquake and it's resulting tsunamis were responsible for 131 deaths. The 1964 quake was the most powerful quake in United States history.

 I will continue to keep an eye on this and keep this updated as new events happen.