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Fox Islands Aleutian Islands, Alaska
1929 Mar 07 01:34:37.9 UTC (local 03/06)
Magnitude 7.8

This earthquake was felt onboard several ships at sea and severely at Dutch Harbor, Alaska. A small tsunami was recorded at Hilo, Hawaii.

Abridged from Seismicity of the United States, 1568-1989 (Revised), by Carl W. Stover and Jerry L. Coffman, U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1527, United States Government Printing Office, Washington: 1993.