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Moderate earthquake, 5.2 mag was detected near Adak in Alaska


Earthquake location 52.42S, -175.996WA moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.2 (ml/mb) was reported 75 km NE of Adak, Alaska (47 miles) on Sunday. A tsunami warning has been issued near Adak in Alaska (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 27/04/20 / 2020-04-27 04:13:25 / April 27, 2020 @ 4:13 am. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -175.996 West, latitude 52.42 North, depth = 245 km. The 5.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 16:13:25 / 4:13 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: at00q9fied. Event ids that are associated: at00q9fied. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 245 km (152 miles).

There are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world each year. 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 seventy-two 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.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 75 km NE of Adak, Alaska. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -175.996° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 52.42° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 245 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 75km NE 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 2020-04-27 04:13:25 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-04-27 04:22:29 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 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 416 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 23 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.6854146 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.45 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 143.99998848 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 at00q9fied Id of event.
Event Code 00q9fied An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,at00q9fied, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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