Alaska Cruise Ships Earthquake

JUNEAU Southeast Alaskas tourism drought is ending.

Alaska cruise ships earthquake. The Alaska Earthquake Center said on its website that it was the largest quake in the US. Initially estimated at magnitude of 72 and then 81 the shallow undersea earthquake struck at a depth of about 20 miles roughly 55 miles south-east of Perryville on the Alaska Peninsula. In a typical year Alaska draws about 2 million visitors.

Earthquakes Tsunamis and Volcanoes. A preliminary report indicated the quake. Earthquakes in Alaska center principally in two seismic zones.

At the tail end of the 2011 cruise season Alaska suffered a major 71 magnitude earthquake this morning at 655 am ET. Tonights M49 earthquake at 956pm rattled the Interior with felt reports from Fairbanks North Pole Salcha Nenana Healy Cantwell Delta Junction Chugiak Anchorage and as far south as Victoria British Columbia. Since a magnitude 87 quake in the Aleutians in 1965.

That quake and ensuing tsunami killed 131 people from Alaska to California. The epicenter was 8 miles east of Salcha with a depth of 24 miles. Large-scale Alaska earthquake attracting attention as a cause of sunken ship leaks Nationwide jasminelevy August 17 2021 Juneau Alaska AP A ship sunk from Kodiak Island 40 years ago has begun leaking diesel fuel state officials believe may be due to ground sway from a magnitude 82 earthquake last month.

Geological Servey USGS the location of the latest quake. Of those nearly 12 million or almost 60 come by cruise ship. On Friday the first large cruise ship in 21 months Royal Caribbean Internationals Serenade of the Seas tied up to Ketchikans docks.

Ports without a stopover in a foreign country. Alaska Seismic Activity. The restart of cruising to Alaska comes just weeks after cruises finally restarted in the Caribbean after a 15-month hiatus brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic.