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Moderate earthquake, 5.1 mag strikes near Amatignak Island in Alaska

Posted by admin on February 9, 2016 0 Comments

Earthquake location 51.179S, 179.728WA moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) was reported 81 km W of Amatignak Island, Alaska (50 miles) on Wednesday. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 09/02/16 / 2016-02-09 12:12:07 / February 9, 2016 @ 12:12 pm. A tsunami warning has been issued near Amatignak Island in Alaska (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 5.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 00:12:07 / 12:12 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: at00o2a4k7. Id of event: at00o2a4k7. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 179.728 East, latitude 51.179 North, depth = 71 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 71 km (44 miles) below the earth’s surface.

There are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days eighty-one 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.

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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 81 km W of Amatignak Island, Alaska. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 179.728° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 51.179° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 71 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 81km W of Amatignak 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 2016-02-09 12:12:07 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2016-02-09 12:18:21 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 400 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 50 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.3 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 201.6 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type Mi The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID at00o2a4k7 Id of event.
Event Code 00o2a4k7 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,at00o2a4k7, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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