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Historic Earthquakes

Cook Inlet, Alaska
1901 Dec 31 09:02:30.0 UTC (local 12/30)
Magnitude 7.1

A strong volcanic eruption occurred. The accompanying earthquake caused several tsunamis.

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.