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Moderate earthquake 5.6 mag, 41 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska

Posted by admin on July 29, 2020 0 Comments

Earthquake location 54.9728S, -160.3332WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.6 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 41 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska (25 miles). Unique identifier: us6000b5zl. Ids that are associated to the event: at00qe848h, us6000b5zl. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 29/07/20 / 2020-07-29 09:12:16 / July 29, 2020 @ 9:12 am. Exact location of event, depth 40.32 km, -160.3332° West, 54.9728° North. The temblor was reported at 09:12:16 / 9:12 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 40.32 km (25 miles). A tsunami warning has been issued near Sand Point in Alaska (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

In the past 24 hours, there have been eight, in the last 10 days ninety, in the past 30 days ninety-two and in the last 365 days one hundred and fourty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world.

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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 41 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.6 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -160.3332° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 54.9728° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 40.32 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 41 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-07-29 09:12:16 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-07-29 09:33:46 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 3 The total number of felt reports
CDI 4.3 The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI 4.164 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 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 484 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 ,at,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 0.386 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.86 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 121 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mww The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us6000b5zl Id of event.
Event Code 6000b5zl An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,at00qe848h,us6000b5zl, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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