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Lower Left Latitude/Longitude: 46.3 N°, 174.69 W°
Upper Right Latitude/Longitude: 58.3 N°, 162.69 W° 		Overview Map
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Hazards

Current Hazards

Recent Earthquakes (Past 7 Days)
Date(UTC) Magnitude Depth(Km) Region Lat/Long
None found for the area chosen.        
Active Tropical Storms (Current and 3-day Forecast Positions)
Name Advisory Date(UTC) Wind Speed Wind Gusts Heading Track Speed Status Pressure Lat / Long
None found for the area chosen.                
Active Volcanoes
Name Region Activity Primary Observatory More Information Last Updated Lat/Long
Shishaldin United States Unknown Alaska Volcano Observatory GVP Site Link Wed Mar 16 05:36:12 HST 2016 54.76° N / 163.97° W
Okmok United States Unknown Alaska Volcano Observatory GVP Site Link Wed Mar 25 00:00:00 HST 2009 53.43° N / 168.13° W
Cleveland United States Unknown Alaska Volcano Observatory GVP Site Link Wed Oct 21 06:03:58 HST 2015 52.82° N / 169.94° W
Recent Hotspots (Fire)
Date of First Obs(UTC) Date of Last Obs(UTC) Description Mean Lat. Mean Long.
None found for the area chosen.        

Historical Hazards

Historical Earthquakes
(Resulting in significant damage or deaths)

Last 50 Years
Count
3
5 Most Recent Earthquakes
Date(UTC) Magnitude Depth(Km) Intensity Deaths Location Lat / Long
Sep 02 2011 10:55 6.9 32     ALASKA: ALEUTIAN ISLANDS: FOX ISLANDS 52.17° N / 171.71° W
Jun 24 2011 03:09 7.3 52     ALASKA: ALEUTIAN ISLANDS: FOX ISLANDS 52.05° N / 171.84° W
May 17 1986 00:16 6.4 26 0 ALASKA: ANDREANOF ISLANDS 52.33° N / 174.5° W
Jul 02 1965 00:20 6.5 40 0 ALASKA: ALEUTIAN ISLANDS: FOX ISLANDS 53.03° N / 167.55° W
Dec 21 1962 00:08 6.5 33 0 ALASKA: ALEUTIAN ISLANDS: FOX ISLANDS 52.47° N / 168.54° W
5 Largest Earthquakes
Date(UTC) Magnitude Depth(Km) Intensity Deaths Location Lat / Long
Apr 01 1946 00:12 8.1 50 6 0 ALASKA: UNIMAK ISLAND 53.32° N / 163.19° W
May 31 1917 00:08 7.9 0 5 0 ALASKA: ALASKA PENINSULA 54.79° N / 169.12° W
Dec 31 1901 00:09 7.8 0 0 ALASKA: ALEUTIAN ISLANDS: FOX ISLANDS 51.45° N / 171.02° W
Jan 01 1902 00:05 7.8 0 0 ALASKA: ALEUTIAN ISLANDS: FOX ISLANDS 52.4° N / 167.5° W
Mar 07 1929 00:01 7.8 50 5 0 ALASKA: ALEUTIAN ISLANDS: FOX ISLANDS 51.0° N / 170.0° W

Volcanic Eruptions
Note: Historical eruptions data last updated in year 2000.

Last 100 Years Eruptions
Count
68
5 Most Recent Eruptions
Name Date(UTC) Magnitude Location Lat / Long
SHISHALDIN Dec 19 1999 00:00 1.0 USA-ALASKA-ALEUTIAN IS. 54.75° N / 163.96° W
KOROVIN, ATKA IS. Dec 30 1998 00:00 1.0 USA-ALASKA-ALEUTIAN IS. 52.38° N / 174.15° W
OKMOK Dec 13 1997 00:00 1.0 USA-ALASKA-ALEUTIAN IS. 53.41° N / 168.13° W
SHISHALDIN Dec 03 1997 00:00 1.0 USA-ALASKA-ALEUTIAN IS. 54.75° N / 163.96° W
OKMOK Dec 02 1997 00:00 1.0 USA-ALASKA-ALEUTIAN IS. 53.41° N / 168.13° W

Tsunami Runups
Note: For each Tsunami event, there may be many locations of recorded runups of the same date for the chosen area.
To avoid duplicate results, the Regional Reporter tool applies a filter to display only one result per tsunami event.

5 Most Recent Tsunami Runups
Date(UTC) Country Location Runup(meters) Deaths Lat / Long
Oct 28 2012 00:00 USA ATKA ISLAND, AK 0.1   52.1° N / 174.4° W
Jun 24 2011 04:12 USA NIKOLSKI, AK 0.1   52.94° N / 168.87° W
Mar 11 2011 11:08 USA NIKOLSKI, AK 0.8   52.94° N / 168.87° W
Feb 27 2010 04:17 USA ATKA ISLAND, AK 0.4 0 52.1° N / 174.4° W
Aug 15 2007 16:07 USA UNALASKA, DUTCH HARBOR, AK 0.1 0 53.88° N / 166.53° W
5 Largest Tsunami Runups
Date(UTC) Country Location Runup(meters) Deaths Lat / Long
Apr 01 1946 13:17 USA UNIMAK ISLAND, AK 35.1 5 54.77° N / 164.18° W
Aug 06 1788 00:00 USA SANAK ISLAND, AK 30.0 0 54.43° N / 162.7° W
Jul 21 1788 00:00 USA SANAK ISLAND, AK 30.0 0 54.43° N / 162.7° W
Mar 09 1957 00:00 USA UMNAK ISLAND (PACIFIC COAST), AK 22.8 0 53.25° N / 168.25° W
Mar 11 2011 11:08 USA NIKOLSKI, AK 0.8   52.94° N / 168.87° W

Large Wildfires

(Greater than 40 sq. km.)
Start Date(UTC) End Date(UTC) Intensity Size (sq. km.) Mean Lat. Mean Long.
None found for the area chosen.          

Earthquake Intensity Zones

Probable maximum MMI intensity once in 50 years
Maximum Zone
Magnitude VIII

Storm Intensity Zones

Wind Speed with a 10% chance of occurring within 10 years
Maximum Zone (km/hr)
None found for the area chosen.

Demography

Population 2001
Total Population Maximum Density (ppl/km2)
5,648 790
Population 2002
Total Population Maximum Density (ppl/km2)
5,929 2,067
Population 2006
Total Population Maximum Density (ppl/km2)
5,754 1,363
Population 2007
Total Population Maximum Density (ppl/km2)
5,292 1,284
Countries
Country
United States
Major Cities
Country Name Population Status Lat / Long
None found for the area chosen.        

Infrastructure

Airports
Name Type Elevation (Ft.) Link Lat / Long
ATKA Active airport without required facilities for civil or military use 00056 http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=PAAK 52.22° N / 174.21° W
ST GEORGE Active airport without required facilities for civil or military use 00125 http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=PAPB 56.58° N / 169.66° W
ST PAUL ISLAND Active airport without required facilities for civil or military use 00063 http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=PASN 57.17° N / 170.22° W
UNALASKA Active airport without required facilities for civil or military use 00022 http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=PADU 53.9° N / 166.54° W
COLD BAY Active civil airport 00098 http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=PACD 55.21° N / 162.72° W
NIKOLSKI AS Active military airport 00073 52.94° N / 168.85° W
Nuclear Power Plants
Name Country Number of Reactors Lat / Long
None found for the area chosen.      

Environment

Urban/Rural Mask (SEDAC)
Land Cover Area (km2) %
Rural 12,790 1.2
Not classified 1,076,205 99
MODIS IGBP Land Cover
(excluding water area)
Land Cover Area (km2) %
Open Shrublands 5,812 39
Barren or Sparsely Vegetated 2,587 18
Unclassified 1,227 8
Mixed Forests 1,004 7
Woody Savannas 881 6
Grasslands 953 6
Savannas 545 4
Evergreen Needleleaf Forest 515 3
Snow and Ice 386 3
Deciduous Needleleaf Forest 292 2
Deciduous Broadleaf Forest 244 1.7
Closed Shrublands 235 1.6
Evergreen Broadleaf Forest 48 0.3
Permanent Wetlands 8 0.05
Elevation (meters)
(land only)
Minimum Maximum Average
-5 2,663 255
Average Temperature (degrees C)
  Mar Apr May
low -3.1 -2.0 1.2
high 2.5 3.6 6.5
Average Precipitation
  Mar Apr May
mm/day 1.9 1.8 1.8
Current Meteorological Observations (METAR)
Station Name Observation Time (UTC) Temp (F) Wind Speed (MPH) Wind Direction Sky Condition Lat / Long
None found for the area chosen.            

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