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Moderate earthquake, 5 mag was detected near Unalaska in Alaska


Earthquake location 52.743S, -166.689WA moderate earthquake with magnitude 5 (ml/mb) was reported 126 km S of Unalaska, Alaska (78 miles) on Tuesday. A tsunami warning has been issued near Unalaska in Alaska (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 33 km (21 miles). The temblor was detected at 08:46:34 / 8:46 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 26/07/16 / 2016-07-26 19:46:34 / July 26, 2016 @ 7:46 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, longitude -166.689 West, latitude 52.743 North, depth = 33 km. Event id: at00oaxtlm. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: at00oaxtlm.

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

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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 126 km S of Unalaska, Alaska.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -166.689° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 52.743° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 33 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 126km S of Unalaska, Alaska Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2016-07-26 19:46:34 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2016-07-26 19:51:35 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -660 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 385 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 72 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 1.93 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 208.799983296 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 at00oaxtlm Id of event.
Event Code 00oaxtlm An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,at00oaxtlm, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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