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Earthquake in The

s

Introduction !

Geology

Per 2

Jennifer Lopez &

Noelia Jimenez

Basic Info

  • The earthquake occurred on February 4, 1965 on the Rat Islands, Alaska.

  • It had a magnitude of 8.7 and 4 aftershocks

Epicenter of the Rat Islands

The Geology

Geology

  • The earthquake occurred on a convergent boundary with the Pacific plate being pushed under the North America Plate.

The Pacific Plate and the North America Plate

Plates

The Damaged done

Damage

  • Sadly this earthquake did cause 113 casualties
  • Caused $2.3 billion worth of property loss
  • Created a 10.7 Tsunami on Shemya Island but caused little damaged
  • It also had 4 aftershocks

Damage pt2

Interesting Facts

Interesting facts

  • The name Rat Islands was given because rats were accidentally introduced to Rat Island in about 1780.
  • Its one of the worlds most active seismic zones ( last earthquake being March 3 )
  • The earthquake has a depth of 30.3 Km

Video

https://youtu.be/u2dCv4iPmsc

References

  • https://earthquake.alaska.edu/

  • https://academic.oup.com/gji/article/37/3/365/693357

  • https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=1965+rat+islands+earthquake

  • https://www.science.org/
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