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Moderate earthquake: M5.1 quake strikes near Little Sitkin Island in Alaska


Earthquake location 51.319S, 178.2227WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.1 (mg/mb) was reported Monday, 72 kilometers (45 miles) from Little Sitkin Island in Alaska. The temblor was reported at 06:07:49 / 6:07 am (local time epicenter) at a depth of 38.14 km (24 miles). Global time of event 31/05/15 / 2015-05-31 18:07:49 / May 31, 2015 @ 6:07 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has been issued near Little Sitkin Island in Alaska, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. Exact location of event, longitude 178.2227 East, latitude 51.319 North, depth 38.14 km, unique identifier, us20002kua. Ids that are associated to the event, ,at00np87ox,us20002kua,ak11613814,.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 178.2227° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 51.319° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 38.14 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 72km SSW of Little Sitkin Island, Alaska Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2015-05-31 18:07:49 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2015-05-31 20:49:57 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 720 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 0 The total number of felt reports
CDI 1 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 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 ,at,us,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 0.678 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.97 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 146 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mb The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us20002kua Id of event.
Event Code 20002kua An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,at00np87ox,us20002kua,ak11613814, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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