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Historic Earthquake
1965 Rat Islands Earthquake
4 February 1965 · Aleutian Islands, Rat Islands · United States of America
On 4 February 1965 at 05:01 UTC, a magnitude 8.7 earthquake struck the United States of America (Aleutian Islands, Rat Islands), at a depth of 30 km. It occurred on the North American Plate, 95 km from its boundary with the Pacific Plate (subduction zone). It triggered a tsunami. It is the 9th most powerful of the earthquakes recorded since 1900.
- Date
- 4 February 1965
- Time
- 05:01 UTC
- Magnitude
- 8.7
- Depth
- 30 km
- Maximum Intensity
- VI (Mercalli)
- Estimated Damage
- 0 million US dollars
- Tsunami
- See the tsunami (10.7 m wave)
- Plate
- North American Plate
- Country
- United States of America
- Nearest Volcano
- Little Sitkin Volcano (79 km)
Nearby Major Earthquakes
Other major earthquakes recorded within 300 km.
- 20142014 Aleutian Islands Earthquake · M 7.9
- 2003Aleutian Islands, Rat Islands · M 7.8
- 1996Andreanof Islands · M 7.9
- 1965Aleutian Islands, Rat Islands · M 7.6
- 1940Aleutian Islands, Rat Islands · M 7.4
- 1909Aleutian Islands · M 7.8
- 19061906 Aleutian Islands Earthquake · M 8.3
- 1905Andreanof Islands · M 7.9
Sources: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Significant Earthquake Database (doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K) · Wikidata · Bird (2003), PB2002 · Natural Earth