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Moderate earthquake: M5.2 quake has struck near Adak in Alaska

Posted by admin on June 14, 2016 0 Comments

Earthquake location 51.263S, -176.979WA moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 72 km SSW of Adak, Alaska (45 miles). A tsunami warning has been issued near Adak in Alaska (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 14/06/16 / 2016-06-14 17:13:24 / June 14, 2016 @ 5:13 pm UTC/GMT. The 5.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 05:13:24 / 5:13 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -176.979 West, latitude 51.263 North, depth = 12 km. Event id: at00o8ruic. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: at00o8ruic. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 12 km (7 miles).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days ninety-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. Every year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world.

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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. 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: 72 km SSW of Adak, Alaska.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -176.979° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 51.263° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 12 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 72km SSW of Adak, Alaska Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2016-06-14 17:13:24 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2016-06-14 17:17:20 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 416 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 21 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.6458887 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.6 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 205.199983584 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 at00o8ruic Id of event.
Event Code 00o8ruic An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,at00o8ruic, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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