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Moderate earthquake, 5.1 mag was detected near Adak in Alaska

Posted by admin on June 14, 2016 0 Comments

Earthquake location 51.611S, -177.0329WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 39 km SW of Adak, Alaska (24 miles). Event id: us200064cs. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: at00o8ruic, us200064cs, ak13647107. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 48.19 km (30 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was reported at 08:13:26 / 8:13 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 14/06/16 / 2016-06-14 17:13:26 / June 14, 2016 @ 5:13 pm. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -177.0329 West, latitude 51.611 North, depth = 48.19 km. A tsunami warning has been issued near Adak in Alaska (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

There are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world each year. 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 one hundred and eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 39 km SW of Adak, Alaska.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -177.0329° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 51.611° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 48.19 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 39km SW of Adak, Alaska Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2016-06-14 17:13:26 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2016-06-14 17:33:43 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -540 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 3.56 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 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 ,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 0.252 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.89 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 146 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 us200064cs Id of event.
Event Code 200064cs An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,at00o8ruic,us200064cs,ak13647107, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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