Powerful Quake Strikes NW of Near Islands, Alaska

G-209D

[EQ details are subject to multiple updates, due to USGS personnels’ inexperience and other internal factors. Editor]

M 6.8 – 203km NW of Attu Station, Alaska [USGS]

Initially, the quake was reported incorrectly as a 6.9-magnitude event, striking at a depth of 30.6km.

Magnitude: 6.8 mww
54.082°N, 170.930°E [203km NW of Attu Station, Alaska]
Depth: 10.0 km
Time: 2017-06-02 22:24:48 UTC
FIRE-EARTH References:  DRN1,  000104 – 052701

Aftershocks [as of posting]
M5.2
53.841°N 170.987°E [183km NW of Attu Station, Alaska]
10.0 km
2017-06-02 22:32:37 (UTC)

M4.1
180km NW of Attu Station, Alaska
10.0 km
2017-06-03 01:28:32 (UTC)

Papua New Guinea
M 5.9
Location: 4.726°S, 145.128°E [92km NW of Madang, Papua New Guinea]
Depth: 190.9 km
Time: 2017-06-02 23:48:17 (UTC)

Japan Region
M 5.1
Location: 24.327°N, 126.213°E [107km ESE of Hirara, Japan]
Depth: 31.4 km
Time: 2017-06-02 17:26:31 (UTC)