Moderate earthquake, 5.2 mag strikes near Nikolski in Alaska

A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.2 (ml/mb) was reported 164 km SSW of Nikolski, Alaska (102 miles) on Sunday. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 34 km (21 miles). A tsunami warning has been issued near Nikolski in Alaska (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 27/09/20 / 2020-09-27 04:12:16 / September 27, 2020 @ 4:12 am UTC/GMT. Unique identifier: at00qhaucg. Ids that are associated to the event: at00qhaucg. The temblor was detected at 04:12:16 / 4:12 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 34 km, -169.449° West, 51.505° North.

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days ninety 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. Every year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes 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. 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: 164 km SSW of Nikolski, Alaska.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	5.2 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-169.449° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	51.505° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	34 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	164 km SSW of Nikolski, Alaska	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2020-09-27 04:12:16	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2020-09-27 04:17:52	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset		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	37	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	2.125414	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	1.09 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	215.99998272	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	at00qhaucg	Id of event.
Event Code	00qhaucg	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,at00qhaucg,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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