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Strong earthquake, 6.3 mag was detected near Redoubt Volcano in Alaska

Posted by admin on July 29, 2015 1 Comment

Earthquake location 59.897S, -153.0719WA earthquake with magnitude 6.3 (ml/mb) was reported 71 kilometers (44 miles) from Redoubt Volcano in Alaska on Tuesday. The temblor was reported at 18:35:58 / 6:35 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 29/07/15 / 2015-07-29 02:35:58 / July 29, 2015 @ 2:35 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, longitude -153.0719 West, latitude 59.897 North, depth = 118 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 118 km (73 miles). A tsunami warning has been issued near Redoubt Volcano in Alaska (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: ak11661615. Event ids that are associated: at00ns89vx, us2000314u, ak11661615.

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Event epicenter was 114 km (71 miles) from Kalifornsky (c. 7 900 pop), 124 km (77 miles) from Kenai (c. 7 100 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Homer (c. 5 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kenai, Kalifornsky, Homer (min 5000 pop).

There are an estimated 135 quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 6.0 to 6.9 may cause a lot of damage in very populated areas. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days one hundred and fourty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage 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: 71 km SSW of Redoubt Volcano, Alaska. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 6.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -153.0719° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 59.897° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 118 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 71km SSW of Redoubt Volcano, Alaska Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2015-07-29 02:35:58 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2015-07-29 03:13:26 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -480 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 639 The total number of felt reports
CDI 5.8 The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI 3.95 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 981 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 ,at,us,ak, 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 0.57 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 ak11661615 Id of event.
Event Code 11661615 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,at00ns89vx,us2000314u,ak11661615, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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  1. Stan

    I live in Kenai, Alaska. 83 miles from Redoubt Volcano . Was a nice one. Haven’t felt one that big in awhile. First time I had to get family to seek a safe spot in home. No damage. Just nauseous afterwards 😉

    July 29, 2015
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