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Moderate earthquake: M5.6 quake has struck near Adak in Alaska


Earthquake location 51.192S, -175.581WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.6 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 106 km SE of Adak, Alaska (66 miles). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 34 km (21 miles). A tsunami warning has been issued near Adak in Alaska (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 5.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 12:54:03 / 12:54 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 34 km, -175.581° West, 51.192° North. Unique identifier: at00q1g7u3. Ids that are associated to the event: at00q1g7u3. Exact time and date of earthquake 24/11/19 / 2019-11-24 00:54:03 / November 24, 2019 @ 12:54 am UTC/GMT.

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days ten 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. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 106 km SE of Adak, Alaska. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.6 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -175.581° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 51.192° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 34 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 106km SE 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 2019-11-24 00:54:03 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-11-24 00:59:10 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 482 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 38 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.9746721 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.32 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 Mi The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID at00q1g7u3 Id of event.
Event Code 00q1g7u3 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,at00q1g7u3, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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