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Moderate earthquake: M5.9 quake has struck near Adak in Alaska

Posted by admin on August 28, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location 52.0002S, 179.8605WA moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.9 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 241 km W of Adak, Alaska (150 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 28/08/25 / 2025-08-28 11:07:48 / August 28, 2025 @ 11:07 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was detected at 11:07:48 / 11:07 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has been issued near Adak in Alaska (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: at00t1pax1, ak025b13knw9, us7000qrj0. Unique identifier: us7000qrj0. Exact location of earthquake, 179.8605° East, 52.0002° North, depth 133.726 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 133.726 km (83 miles).

Every year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days eighty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 241 km W of Adak, Alaska. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.9 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 179.8605° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 52.0002° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 133.726 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 241 km W 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 2025-08-28 11:07:48 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-08-28 11:23:21 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 536 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 ,at,ak,us, 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 0.145 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.03 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 31 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 us7000qrj0 Id of event.
Event Code 7000qrj0 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,at00t1pax1,ak025b13knw9,us7000qrj0, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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