Major quake hits Pacific off Alaska, tsunami warning issued

(Reuters) - A major earthquake of 7.4 magnitude hit in the Pacific Ocean on Thursday 107 miles east of Atka, Alaska, and at a depth of about 25 miles in the Pacific Ocean, and a tsunami warning was in effect for coastal Alaska, the U.S. Geologic Survey said. (Writing by Philip Barbara, editing by Peter Cooney)

Earthquake Details
Magnitude    7.4
Date-Time   

    Friday, June 24, 2011 at 03:09:39 UTC
    Thursday, June 23, 2011 at 06:09:39 PM at epicenter
    Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones

Location    52.042°N, 171.842°W
Depth    46.8 km (29.1 miles)
Region    FOX ISLANDS, ALEUTIAN ISLANDS, ALASKA
Distances    64 km (39 miles) SW of Amukta Island, Alaska
103 km (64 miles) SW of Yunaska Island, Alaska
1677 km (1042 miles) WSW of Anchorage, Alaska
2429 km (1509 miles) W of WHITEHORSE, Yukon Territory, Canada
Location Uncertainty    horizontal +/- 20.2 km (12.6 miles); depth +/- 11 km (6.8 miles)
Parameters    NST=283, Nph=283, Dmin=228.2 km, Rmss=0.97 sec, Gp= 61°,
M-type=regional moment magnitude (Mw), Version=6