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Moderate earthquake, 5.4 mag strikes near Nikolski in Alaska

Posted by admin on May 15, 2016 0 Comments

Earthquake location 52.5549S, -167.9594WA moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.4 (ml/mb) was reported 74 km SE of Nikolski, Alaska (46 miles) on Sunday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 5.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 01:04:58 / 1:04 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -167.9594 West, latitude 52.5549 North, depth = 36.55 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 36.55 km (23 miles). Unique identifier: us10005hjm. Ids that are associated to the event: us10005hjm. Exact time and date of earthquake 15/05/16 / 2016-05-15 12:04:58 / May 15, 2016 @ 12:04 pm UTC/GMT.

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

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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 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: 74 km SE of Nikolski, Alaska.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -167.9594° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 52.5549° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 36.55 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 74km SE 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 2016-05-15 12:04:58 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2016-05-15 12:24:26 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -660 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 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 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 ,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 0.686 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.07 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 133 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 us10005hjm Id of event.
Event Code 10005hjm An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us10005hjm, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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