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Earthquake: M 5.1 quake strikes near Ester in Alaska


Earthquake location 65.1504S, -149.016WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.1 (mg/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 57 kilometers (35 miles) from Ester in Alaska. The temblor was reported at 08:30:24 / 8:30 am (local time epicenter) at a depth of 14.9 km (9 miles). Global time of event 2014-10-23 04:30:24 UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has been issued near Ester in Alaska, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. Exact location of event, longitude -149.016 West, latitude 65.1504 North, depth 14.9 km.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -149.016° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 65.1504° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 14.9 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 57km WNW of Ester, Alaska Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2014-10-23 16:30:24 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2014-10-23 16:54:29 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -480 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 77 The total number of felt reports
CDI 4.8 The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI 6.3 The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level green The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status automatic Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami 1 This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG 437 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network ak The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources atusak A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.6 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type ml The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID ak11426830 Id of event.
Event Code 11426830 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS at00ndwoiousb000sq36ak11426830 A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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