{"id":135258,"date":"2024-12-10T00:32:55","date_gmt":"2024-12-09T17:32:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=135258"},"modified":"2024-12-10T00:32:55","modified_gmt":"2024-12-09T17:32:55","slug":"earthquake-swarm-with-significant-quakes-rocks-alaskas-aleutian-islands","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=135258","title":{"rendered":"Earthquake swarm with &#8216;significant&#8217; quakes rocks Alaska&#8217;s Aleutian Islands"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"featured featured-video video-ct\">\n<div class=\"video-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p class=\"sub-text\">FILE VIDEO: Ketchikan resident Leah Canfield spoke to FOX Weather about how her home was damaged during a deadly landslide that occurred on Sunday.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">Seismologists are monitoring an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/category\/earthquakes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">earthquake<\/a> swarm that is continuing to develop off <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/category\/alaska\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Alaska<\/a>&#8216;s Aleutian Island chain and includes several stronger quakes.<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">According to the <a href=\"https:\/\/earthquake.usgs.gov\/earthquakes\/map\/?currentFeatureId=us7000nx85&amp;extent=-20.30342,-268.94531&amp;extent=75.58494,-62.22656\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">U.S. Geological Survey<\/a> (USGS), the first magnitude 6.3 earthquake occurred just before 11 a.m. local time on Sunday in the Pacific <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/category\/ocean\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ocean<\/a> about 70 miles southwest of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/local-weather\/alaska\/adak\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Adak<\/a>, Alaska, at a depth of about 11 miles. Within the hour, at least six aftershocks with magnitudes no greater than 5.8 were recorded.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">Then, a few hours later, two more significant quakes of magnitude 6 or greater struck within 20 minutes of each other. According to the <a href=\"https:\/\/earthquake.alaska.edu\/earthquake-swarm-emerges-southwest-adak-island\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">University of Alaska Fairbanks Alaska Earthquake Center<\/a>, this is not a typical aftershock sequence following a main earthquake but a swarm, or a cluster of earthquakes near the same magnitude.<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/earth-space\/earthquake-endangered-pupfish-death-valley\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>7.0 CALIFORNIA QUAKE MAY HAVE KILLED ENDANGERED FISH 500 MILES AWAY IN DEATH VALLEY<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">&#8220;Swarms of moderately large earthquakes are common in the Aleutians and do not necessarily portend anything more substantial,&#8221; Alaska Earthquake Center Director and State Seismologist Michael West said. &#8220;Because this area has been in, or on the edge, of numerous large <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/category\/history\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">historical<\/a> earthquakes, we are keeping close watch on it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"featured featured-image component-center\">\n<div class=\"m\"><picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/288\/162\/alaskaswarm.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/576\/324\/alaskaswarm.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" width=\"576\" height=\"324\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/720\/405\/alaskaswarm.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/1440\/810\/alaskaswarm.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" width=\"1440\" height=\"810\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/668\/376\/alaskaswarm.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/1336\/752\/alaskaswarm.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" width=\"1336\" height=\"752\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"668\" height=\"376\" src=\"https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/668\/376\/alaskaswarm.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"This map by the Aaska Earthquake Center shows earthquakes recorded between December 4 and 8, 2024, including the swarm southwest of Adak Island on Dec. 8 in red.\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p class=\"title\">This map by the Alaska Earthquake Center shows earthquakes recorded between Dec. 4 and Dec. 8, 2024, including the swarm southwest of Adak Island on Dec. 8 in red.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sub-text\"><strong> (Alaska Earthquake Center)<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">The earthquake center said because of the &#8220;unusually high number&#8221; of moderately-sized earthquakes, its seismologists continue to keep an eye on the region. More aftershocks of magnitudes 5 and below are forecast to continue in the weeks ahead.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">On Monday, the USGS recorded several more quakes off the coast of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/local-weather\/alaska\/adak\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Adak<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">No <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/learn\/what-is-a-tsunami-and-what-causes-them\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tsunami<\/a> Watches or Warnings were issued because of the earthquakes over the weekend.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">The Aleutian Islands are where the Pacific Plate subducts into the mantle beneath the North American Plate. This region is considered seismically active, with thousands of earthquakes each year.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/extreme-weather\/earthquake-swarm-alaska-aleutian-islands\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FILE VIDEO: Ketchikan resident Leah Canfield spoke to FOX Weather about how her home was damaged during a deadly landslide that occurred on Sunday. 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