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Strong earthquake 6.2 mag, 69 km SSW of Redoubt Volcano, Alaska

Posted by admin on July 29, 2015 3 Comments

Earthquake location 59.9S, -153.2WA earthquake magnitude 6.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 69 kilometers (43 miles) from Redoubt Volcano in Alaska. The temblor was detected at 18:35:57 / 6:35 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: at00ns89vx. Id of event: at00ns89vx. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 29/07/15 / 2015-07-29 02:35:57 / July 29, 2015 @ 2:35 am. Exact location, longitude -153.2° West, latitude 59.9° North, depth = 124 km. A tsunami warning has been issued near Redoubt Volcano in Alaska (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 124 km (77 miles) below the earth’s surface.

Epicenter of the event was 120 km (75 miles) from Kalifornsky (c. 7 900 pop), 97 km (60 miles) from Homer (c. 5 000 pop). Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kalifornsky, Homer (min 5000 pop).

Earthquakes 6.0 to 6.9 may cause a lot of damage in very populated areas. Every year there are an estimated 135 earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days one hundred and thirty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected 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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 69 km SSW of Redoubt Volcano, Alaska.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 6.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -153.2° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 59.9° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 124 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 69km SSW of Redoubt Volcano, Alaska Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2015-07-29 02:35:57 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2015-07-29 02:41:03 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -480 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 12 The total number of felt reports
CDI 4.3 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 597 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 49 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.70769736 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.38 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 126 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 at00ns89vx Id of event.
Event Code 00ns89vx An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,at00ns89vx, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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  1. Cyndi

    I have a friend visiting Anchorage AK who felt it just now.

    July 29, 2015
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  2. Judy

    This was a longer lasting one than we are use to.Everything hanging in the house was swaying !! It made the house sway and roll for over a minute and a half !!! I live in Anchorage, AK.

    July 29, 2015
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  3. Georgia

    That was a very long earthquake. Shook for over 90 seconds!

    July 29, 2015
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