(Reuters) - A major earthquake of 7.4 magnitude hit in the Pacific Ocean on Thursday 107 miles east of Atka, Alaska, and at a depth of about 25 miles in the Pacific Ocean, and a tsunami warning was in effect for coastal Alaska, the U.S. Geologic Survey said. (Writing by Philip Barbara, editing by Peter Cooney)
Earthquake Details
Magnitude 7.4
Date-Time
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Friday, June 24, 2011 at 03:09:39 UTC
Location 52.042°N, 171.842°W
Depth 46.8 km (29.1 miles)
Region FOX ISLANDS, ALEUTIAN ISLANDS, ALASKA
Distances 64 km (39 miles) SW of Amukta Island, Alaska
103 km (64 miles) SW of Yunaska Island, Alaska
1677 km (1042 miles) WSW of Anchorage, Alaska
2429 km (1509 miles) W of WHITEHORSE, Yukon Territory, Canada
Location Uncertainty horizontal +/- 20.2 km (12.6 miles); depth +/- 11 km (6.8 miles)
Parameters NST=283, Nph=283, Dmin=228.2 km, Rmss=0.97 sec, Gp= 61°,
M-type=regional moment magnitude (Mw), Version=6
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