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Moderate earthquake 5.6 mag, 94 km NE of Semisopochnoi Island, Alaska


Earthquake location 52.5675S, -179.4521WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.6 (ml/mb) strikes 94 km NE of Semisopochnoi Island, Alaska (58 miles) on Wednesday. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 08/02/18 / 2018-02-08 11:04:01 / February 8, 2018 @ 11:04 am. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -179.4521 West, latitude 52.5675 North, depth = 211.02 km. The temblor was detected at 23:04:01 / 11:04 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 211.02 km (131 miles) below the earth’s surface. Id of earthquake: us2000cysh. Event ids that are associated: us2000cysh, at00p3tw2j. A tsunami warning has been issued near Semisopochnoi Island in Alaska (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days fifty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Every 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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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 94 km NE of Semisopochnoi Island, Alaska.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.6 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -179.4521° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 52.5675° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 211.02 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 94km NE of Semisopochnoi Island, Alaska Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2018-02-08 11:04:01 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-02-08 11:25:29 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -720 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 3.05 The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level green 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 482 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,at, 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 1.42 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.05 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 25 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mww The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us2000cysh Id of event.
Event Code 2000cysh An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us2000cysh,at00p3tw2j, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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