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Strong earthquake, 6.9 mag was detected near Nikolski in Alaska

Posted by admin on July 27, 2015 0 Comments

Earthquake location 52.1S, -169.4WA earthquake with magnitude 6.9 (ml/mb) was reported 100 km SSW of Nikolski, Alaska (62 miles) on Sunday. Exact location of event, depth 9.6 km, -169.4° West, 52.1° North. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 9.6 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Id of earthquake: pt15208051. Event ids that are associated: pt15208051. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 27/07/15 / 2015-07-27 04:50:00 / July 27, 2015 @ 4:50 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was reported at 17:50:00 / 5:50 pm (local time epicenter).

There are an estimated 135 quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 6.0 to 6.9 may cause a lot of damage in very populated areas. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days eleven and in the last 365 days ninety-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.

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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: 100 km SSW of Nikolski, Alaska.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 6.9 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -169.4° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 52.1° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 9.6 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 100km SSW of Nikolski, Alaska Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2015-07-27 04:50:00 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2015-07-27 04:57:13 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -660 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 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 732 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network pt The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,pt, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 0 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 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 205.199983584 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type Mi The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID pt15208051 Id of event.
Event Code 15208051 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pt15208051, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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