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Moderate earthquake: M5.1 quake has struck near Akutan in Alaska


Earthquake location 53.721S, -163.9963WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) strikes 125 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska (78 miles) on Monday. The 5.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 07:19:05 / 7:19 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 36 km (22 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: ak021ib6xmu, us6000d7dg. Unique identifier: us6000d7dg. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 11/01/21 / 2021-01-11 07:19:05 / January 11, 2021 @ 7:19 am. Exact location of event, longitude -163.9963 West, latitude 53.721 North, depth = 36 km.

Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days one hundred and thirty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 125 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -163.9963° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 53.721° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 36 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 125 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2021-01-11 07:19:05 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2021-01-11 07:38:43 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 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 400 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 1.129 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.27 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 158 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 us6000d7dg Id of event.
Event Code 6000d7dg An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ak021ib6xmu,us6000d7dg, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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