Thursday, August 23, 2018 at 12:30 PM
2018-08-23 04:30 UTC · 69.496°, -144.315°
Magnitude
4.5 ml
Moderate
Depth
12 km
Shallow
Energy
85 tons of TNT
Gutenberg–Richter
Coordinates
69.496°, -144.315°
Felt reports
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Tsunami
Flagged
Source
USGS
Region
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Felt widely; can cause minor damage to weak structures.
At 12 km this was a shallow earthquake. Shallow quakes concentrate shaking near the epicentre and tend to be the most damaging.
This event sits in the Moderate range of the moment magnitude scale.
Nearest mapped structure: Manila Trench (~8205 km away). Last major event: 1934 Manila Trench Earthquake.
Area seismic-hazard score: 8/100 (low).
No other recent earthquakes nearby.
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