Moderate earthquake, 5 mag was detected near Adak in Alaska

A moderate earthquake magnitude 5 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 274 km WSW of Adak, Alaska (170 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 179.5361 East, latitude 51.2444 North, depth = 37.1 km. The 5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 19:07:19 / 7:07 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: ak0259adwvub. Unique identifier: ak0259adwvub. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 37.1 km (23 miles) below the earth’s surface. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 21/07/25 / 2025-07-21 19:07:19 / July 21, 2025 @ 7:07 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

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 four and in the last 365 days ninety-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 274 km WSW of Adak, Alaska. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	5 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	179.5361° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	51.2444° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	37.1 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	274 km WSW of Adak, Alaska	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2025-07-21 19:07:19	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-07-21 19:19:08	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	1.826	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	ak	The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources	,ak,	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		Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.59 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap		The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type	ml	The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type	earthquake	Type of seismic event.
Event ID	ak0259adwvub	Id of event.
Event Code	0259adwvub	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,ak0259adwvub,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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