Ml 6.5 SOUTHEASTERN ALASKA

[EMSC]

Magnitude Ml 6.5Region SOUTHEASTERN ALASKADate time 2017-05-01 12:31:53.3 UTCLocation 59.87 N ; 136.56 WDepth 0 km



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[fourty-two]

6.2 on land with depth of 0 km Uh-huh, ok. How did they measure that - a substantial jolt at the surface? Say what?

[justntime2learn]

6.2 on land with depth of 0 km Uh-huh, ok. How did they measure that - a substantial jolt at the surface? Say what?

It's got to be a mistake

[Star Tsar]

6.2 on land with depth of 0 km Uh-huh, ok. How did they measure that - a substantial jolt at the surface? Say what?

It's got to be a mistake

USGS have this to say on the matter

https://www2.usgs.gov/faq/categories/9828/3297

[Bob]

This region 88 km from Skagway, Alaska seems to be getting a lot of activity. A 6.3 reported a few hours afterwards from the 6.2 M.

Depth(s) reported (updated now), 2.2 km for the shallow, 10 km for the deep. See attached Map.

http://chanlo.com/images/skagway-1.jpg

ref maps:
https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us10008mgu#map
https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/map/#%7B%22autoUpdate%22%3A%5B%22autoUpdate%22%5D%2C%22basemap%22%3A%22satellite%22%2C%22feed%22%3A%221d ay_m25%22%2C%22listFormat%22%3A%22default%22%2C%22mapposition%22%3A%5B%5B59.57746028030841%2C-137.28378295898438%5D%2C%5B59.971508053826554%2C-135.98464965820312%5D%5D%2C%22overlays%22%3A%5B%22plates%22%2C%22faults%22%5D%2C%22restrictListToMap %22%3A%5B%22restrictListToMap%22%5D%2C%22search%22%3Anull%2C%22sort%22%3A%22newest%22%2C%22timezone% 22%3A%22local%22%2C%22viewModes%22%3A%5B%22list%22%2C%22map%22%5D%2C%22event%22%3A%22us10008mel%22%7 D

Take a look at this regional Map from a few minutes ago, note the cluster..

http://chanlo.com/images/skagway-2.jpg