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Moderate earthquake, 5.4 mag has occurred near Amatignak Island in Alaska

Posted by admin on January 29, 2020 0 Comments

Earthquake location 51.2289S, -179.8622WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 52 km W of Amatignak Island, Alaska (32 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us60007hrr. Event ids that are associated: ak020175fnvc, us60007hrr. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 47.28 km (29 miles). The temblor was picked up at 21:14:05 / 9:14 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 26/01/20 / 2020-01-26 09:14:05 / January 26, 2020 @ 9:14 am. Exact location of event, depth 47.28 km, -179.8622° West, 51.2289° North.

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

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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 52 km W of Amatignak Island, Alaska.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -179.8622° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 51.2289° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 47.28 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 52km W 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 2020-01-26 09:14:05 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-01-29 11:53:00 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 3.849 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 reviewed 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 449 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network us The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,ak,us, 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 0.546 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.92 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 177 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 us60007hrr Id of event.
Event Code 60007hrr An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ak020175fnvc,us60007hrr, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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