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Moderate earthquake, 5 mag was detected near Willow in Alaska


Earthquake location 61.906S, -152.034WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5 (ml/mb) strikes 106 km W of Willow, Alaska (66 miles) on Saturday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 134 km (83 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 25/07/15 / 2015-07-25 19:57:42 / July 25, 2015 @ 7:57 pm. Exact location of earthquake, -152.034° West, 61.906° North, depth 134 km. Event id: at00ns27g6. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: at00ns27g6. A tsunami warning has been issued near Willow in Alaska (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 11:57:42 / 11:57 am (local time epicenter).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days fifty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. There are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world each year.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 106 km W of Willow, Alaska. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -152.034° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 61.906° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 134 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 106km W of Willow, Alaska Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2015-07-25 19:57:42 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2015-07-25 20:07:28 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -480 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 33 The total number of felt reports
CDI 3.6 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 396 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 37 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.21721721 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.56 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 79.2 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 at00ns27g6 Id of event.
Event Code 00ns27g6 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,at00ns27g6, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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