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Strong earthquake, 6.5 mag was detected near Skagway in Alaska


Earthquake location 59.8951S, -136.5708WA earthquake with magnitude 6.5 (ml/mb) was reported 85 kilometers (53 miles) from Skagway in Alaska on Monday. Exact location of event, depth 0 km, -136.5708° West, 59.8951° North. A tsunami warning has been issued near Skagway in Alaska (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: ak15852756. Event ids that are associated: at00op9xh5, ak15852756. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 01/05/17 / 2017-05-01 12:31:54 / May 1, 2017 @ 12:31 pm. The epicenter was at a depth of 0 km (0 miles). The 6.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 04:31:54 / 4:31 am (local time epicenter).

Close country/countries, Canada (c. 33 679 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 124 km (77 miles) from Whitehorse (c. 23 300 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Whitehorse (min 5000 pop).

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 ten earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 6.0 to 6.9 may cause a lot of damage in very populated areas. Every year there are an estimated 135 earthquakes in the world.

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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: 85 km NW of Skagway, Alaska. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 6.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -136.5708° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 59.8951° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 0 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 85km NW of Skagway, Alaska Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2017-05-01 12:31:54 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2017-05-01 12:41:38 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -480 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 62 The total number of felt reports
CDI 4.4 The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI 7.83 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 677 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,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 0.88 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 ml The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID ak15852756 Id of event.
Event Code 15852756 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,at00op9xh5,ak15852756, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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