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Moderate earthquake, 5.1 mag strikes near Nikolski in Alaska


Earthquake location 52.6368S, -169.7216WA moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 66 km WSW of Nikolski, Alaska (41 miles). Event id: us10002x4x. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10002x4x. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 31/07/15 / 2015-07-31 19:17:39 / July 31, 2015 @ 7:17 pm. Exact location of earthquake, -169.7216° West, 52.6368° North, depth 42.65 km. The 5.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 10:17:39 / 10:17 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 42.65 km (27 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

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

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 66 km WSW of Nikolski, Alaska.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -169.7216° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 52.6368° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 42.65 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 66km WSW 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 2015-07-31 19:17:39 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2015-08-01 15:09:03 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -540 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 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 ,us, 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 0.624 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.84 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 166 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 us10002x4x Id of event.
Event Code 10002x4x An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us10002x4x, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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