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Moderate earthquake, 5.4 mag strikes near Nikolski in Alaska

Posted by admin on May 16, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location 52.0509S, -169.3645WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 104 km SSW of Nikolski, Alaska (65 miles). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 18.33 km (11 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us6000mvmq. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000mvmq, ak0245njbzer. The temblor was detected at 07:10:51 / 7:10 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -169.3645 West, latitude 52.0509 North, depth = 18.33 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 02/05/24 / 2024-05-02 07:10:51 / May 2, 2024 @ 7:10 am.

In the past 24 hours, there have been thirty-five, in the last 10 days thirty-five, in the past 30 days thirty-eight and in the last 365 days thirty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.

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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: 104 km SSW of Nikolski, Alaska. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -169.3645° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 52.0509° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 18.33 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 104 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 2024-05-02 07:10:51 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-05-15 05:39:47 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 3.213 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 ,us,ak, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 123 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.769 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.79 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 74 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 us6000mvmq Id of event.
Event Code 6000mvmq An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000mvmq,ak0245njbzer, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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