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Moderate earthquake: M5 quake has struck near Amatignak Island in Alaska

Posted by admin on February 15, 2019 0 Comments

Earthquake location 50.8227S, -177.6498WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 113 km ESE of Amatignak Island, Alaska (70 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 15/02/19 / 2019-02-15 18:11:40 / February 15, 2019 @ 6:11 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 61.9 km (38 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, longitude -177.6498 West, latitude 50.8227 North, depth = 61.9 km. Unique identifier: ak01924di82c. Ids that are associated to the event: ak01924di82c. The 5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 06:11:40 / 6:11 am (local time epicenter).

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

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 113 km ESE of Amatignak Island, Alaska. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -177.6498° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 50.8227° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 61.9 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 113km ESE of Amatignak 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 2019-02-15 18:11:40 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-02-15 18:18:29 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 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 385 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 0.99 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 ak01924di82c Id of event.
Event Code 01924di82c An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ak01924di82c, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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