STRONG EARTHQUAKE REPORT

 

INITIAL ANALYSIS FROM THE HONG KONG OBSERVATORY INDICATED
THAT AN EARTHQUAKE OF MAGNITUDE 6.8 HAS OCCURRED AT 6:35
A.M. ON 9 OCTOBER 2017 (MONDAY) (HONG KONG TIME) NEAR RAT
ISLANDS, ALEUTIAN ISLANDS. THE EPICENTRE IS LOCATED NEAR
52.6N, 176.9E, ABOUT 1110 KILOMETRES WEST OF UNALASKA
ISLAND.

DISPATCHED BY HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 06:46 HKT ON 09.10.2017