Moderate earthquake, 5 mag was detected near Willow in Alaska

A moderate earthquake magnitude 5 (ml/mb) strikes 106 km W of Willow, Alaska (66 miles) on Saturday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 134 km (83 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 25/07/15 / 2015-07-25 19:57:42 / July 25, 2015 @ 7:57 pm. Exact location of earthquake, -152.034° West, 61.906° North, depth 134 km. Event id: at00ns27g6. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: at00ns27g6. A tsunami warning has been issued near Willow in Alaska (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 11:57:42 / 11:57 am (local time epicenter).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days fifty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. There are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world each year.

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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 106 km W of Willow, Alaska. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	5 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-152.034° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	61.906° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	134 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	106km W of Willow, Alaska	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2015-07-25 19:57:42	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2015-07-25 20:07:28	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset	-480	Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	33	The total number of felt reports
CDI	3.6	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	396	A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network	at	The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources	,at,	A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used	37	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	1.21721721	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.56 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	79.2	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	at00ns27g6	Id of event.
Event Code	00ns27g6	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,at00ns27g6,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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