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Moderate earthquake, 5.4 mag was detected near Tanaga Volcano in Alaska


Earthquake location 51.5352S, -177.7003WA moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.4 (ml/mb) was reported 49 km SE of Tanaga Volcano, Alaska (30 miles) on Friday. Id of earthquake: us20003gn0. Event ids that are associated: us20003gn0, ak11692720. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 05/09/15 / 2015-09-05 08:53:23 / September 5, 2015 @ 8:53 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was reported at 23:53:23 / 11:53 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 36.17 km, -177.7003° West, 51.5352° North. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 36.17 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface.

Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days seventy-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 49 km SE of Tanaga Volcano, Alaska. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -177.7003° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 51.5352° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 36.17 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 49km SE of Tanaga 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 2015-09-05 08:53:23 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2015-09-05 09:19:53 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -540 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 0 The total number of felt reports
CDI 1 The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI 3.87 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 0 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 449 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network us The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,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 0.465 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.99 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 119 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 us20003gn0 Id of event.
Event Code 20003gn0 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us20003gn0,ak11692720, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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