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Moderate earthquake, 5.5 mag has occurred near Talkeetna in Alaska


Earthquake location 63.0589S, -150.9382WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 100 km NNW of Talkeetna, Alaska (62 miles). Exact location of event, depth 132.8 km, -150.9382° West, 63.0589° North. A tsunami warning has been issued near Talkeetna in Alaska (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 132.8 km (83 miles). The temblor was reported at 21:50:59 / 9:50 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 15/05/16 / 2016-05-15 05:50:59 / May 15, 2016 @ 5:50 am UTC/GMT. Event id: ak13582723. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: at00o77ewz, us10005hig, ak13582723.

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

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 100 km NNW of Talkeetna, Alaska. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -150.9382° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 63.0589° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 132.8 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 100km NNW of Talkeetna, 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 05:50:59 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2016-05-15 06:34:08 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -480 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 207 The total number of felt reports
CDI 4.5 The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI 3.87 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 automatic 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 559 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network ak The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,at,us,ak, 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 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.41 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type ml The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID ak13582723 Id of event.
Event Code 13582723 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,at00o77ewz,us10005hig,ak13582723, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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