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Earthquake: M 5.9 quake strikes near Semisopochnoi Island in Alaska

Posted by admin on January 18, 2015 0 Comments

Earthquake location 51.639S, 179.644WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.9 (mg/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 34 kilometers (21 miles) from Semisopochnoi Island in Alaska. The temblor was reported at 04:47:38 / 4:47 pm (local time epicenter) at a depth of 115 km (71 miles). Global time of event 2015-01-18 04:47:38 UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has been issued near Semisopochnoi Island in Alaska, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. Exact location of event, longitude 179.644 East, latitude 51.639 North, depth 115 km.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.9 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 179.644° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 51.639° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 115 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 34km S of Semisopochnoi Island, Alaska Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2015-01-18 04:47:38 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2015-01-18 04:54:01 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 720 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt The total number of felt reports
CDI The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status REVIEWED 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 536 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network at The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources at A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 53 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.29195247 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.83 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 136.8 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type Mb The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID at00nicvze Id of event.
Event Code 00nicvze An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS at00nicvze A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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