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Moderate earthquake, 5.4 mag was detected near Amatignak Island in Alaska

Posted by admin on April 10, 2016 0 Comments

Earthquake location 51.0323S, 179.6211WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.4 (ml/mb) strikes 92 km WSW of Amatignak Island, Alaska (57 miles) on Monday. A tsunami warning has been issued near Amatignak Island in Alaska (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us20005guh. Event ids that are associated: at00o5fnor, us20005guh. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 179.6211 East, latitude 51.0323 North, depth = 47.44 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 10/04/16 / 2016-04-10 19:34:05 / April 10, 2016 @ 7:34 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was reported at 07:34:05 / 7:34 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 47.44 km (29 miles).

In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days sixty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 92 km WSW of Amatignak Island, Alaska. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 179.6211° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 51.0323° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 47.44 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 92km WSW of Amatignak 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 2016-04-10 19:34:05 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2016-04-10 19:49:28 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 449 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, 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 2.179 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.75 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 175 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 us20005guh Id of event.
Event Code 20005guh An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,at00o5fnor,us20005guh, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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