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Moderate earthquake: M5.7 quake has struck near Middleton Island in Alaska

Posted by admin on May 2, 2016 0 Comments

Earthquake location 59.5145S, -144.7206WA moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.7 (ml/mb) was reported 88 km E of Middleton Island, Alaska (55 miles) on Monday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 1.5 km (1 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was picked up at 03:38:45 / 3:38 am (local time epicenter). Event id: ak13509047. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: at00o6jxwn, us10005d0g, ak13509047. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -144.7206 West, latitude 59.5145 North, depth = 1.5 km. A tsunami warning has been issued near Middleton Island in Alaska (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 02/05/16 / 2016-05-02 13:38:45 / May 2, 2016 @ 1:38 pm UTC/GMT.

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

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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 88 km E of Middleton Island, Alaska.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.7 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -144.7206° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 59.5145° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 1.5 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 88km E of Middleton 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 2016-05-02 13:38:45 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2016-05-02 14:07:00 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -600 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 3.14 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 500 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 0.89 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 mb The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID ak13509047 Id of event.
Event Code 13509047 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,at00o6jxwn,us10005d0g,ak13509047, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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