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Moderate earthquake, 5.4 mag was detected near Tanana in Alaska


Earthquake location 65.2281S, -151.706WA moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 18 km ENE of Tanana, Alaska (11 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 27/10/18 / 2018-10-27 16:57:27 / October 27, 2018 @ 4:57 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 9.2 km (6 miles). Exact location of event, depth 9.2 km, -151.706° West, 65.2281° North. Unique identifier: ak20292186. Ids that are associated to the event: ak20292186. The 5.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 07:57:27 / 7:57 am (local time epicenter).

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 two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.

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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. 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: 18 km ENE of Tanana, Alaska.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -151.706° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 65.2281° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 9.2 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 18km ENE of Tanana, Alaska Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2018-10-27 16:57:27 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-10-27 17:13:30 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -540 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 11 The total number of felt reports
CDI 4.3 The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI 4.94 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 0 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 453 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 ,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 0.97 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 ak20292186 Id of event.
Event Code 20292186 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ak20292186, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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