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Moderate earthquake, 5.3 mag strikes near Tanaga Volcano in Alaska

Posted by admin on June 7, 2017 0 Comments

Earthquake location 51.5325S, -178.3994WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.3 (ml/mb) strikes 42 km SSW of Tanaga Volcano, Alaska (26 miles) on Wednesday. The 5.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 06:22:23 / 6:22 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: ak16175831. Ids that are associated to the event: ak16175831. Exact location of event, depth 4.6 km, -178.3994° West, 51.5325° North. The epicenter was at a depth of 4.6 km (3 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 07/06/17 / 2017-06-07 16:22:23 / June 7, 2017 @ 4:22 pm UTC/GMT.

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

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -178.3994° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 51.5325° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 4.6 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 42km SSW of Tanaga Volcano, Alaska Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2017-06-07 16:22:23 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2017-06-07 17:45:36 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -600 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 4.44 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 432 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 ,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 0.61 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 ak16175831 Id of event.
Event Code 16175831 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ak16175831, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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