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Moderate earthquake, 5.4 mag has occurred near Tanaga Volcano in Alaska

Posted by admin on September 11, 2017 0 Comments

Earthquake location 51.5006S, -178.3711WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 45 km SSW of Tanaga Volcano, Alaska (28 miles). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 47.71 km (30 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has been issued near Tanaga Volcano in Alaska (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: at00ow4y2x, ak16819168, us2000akeb. Id of event: us2000akeb. Exact location of event, depth 47.71 km, -178.3711° West, 51.5006° North. The 5.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 11:52:08 / 11:52 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 11/09/17 / 2017-09-11 21:52:08 / September 11, 2017 @ 9:52 pm.

Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days twelve and in the last 365 days seven hundred and seven 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.

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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 45 km SSW of Tanaga Volcano, Alaska.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -178.3711° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 51.5006° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 47.71 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 45km 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 2017-09-11 21:52:08 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2017-09-11 22:15:07 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 3.23 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,ak,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 0.361 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.09 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 54 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 us2000akeb Id of event.
Event Code 2000akeb An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,at00ow4y2x,ak16819168,us2000akeb, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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