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Moderate earthquake, 5 mag was detected near Akutan in Alaska


Earthquake location 53.4129S, -163.957WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 144 km SE of Akutan, Alaska (89 miles). Global time and date of event 04/02/25 / 2025-02-04 19:27:46 / February 4, 2025 @ 7:27 pm UTC/GMT. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000pbau, ak0251m7a9xu. Id of event: us7000pbau. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 8.195 km (5 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 8.195 km, -163.957° West, 53.4129° North. The temblor was picked up at 19:27:46 / 7:27 pm (local time epicenter).

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

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking 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: 144 km SE of Akutan, Alaska.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -163.957° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 53.4129° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 8.195 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 144 km SE 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 2025-02-04 19:27:46 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-02-04 20:02:58 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 2.693 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 385 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 100 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.173 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.72 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 154 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 us7000pbau Id of event.
Event Code 7000pbau An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000pbau,ak0251m7a9xu, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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