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Moderate earthquake, 5.7 mag has occurred near Chernabura Island in Alaska


Earthquake location 54.4467S, -160.8017WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.7 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 88 km WSW of Chernabura Island, Alaska (55 miles). Exact location of event, depth 13.02 km, -160.8017° West, 54.4467° North. Unique identifier: us2000g83v. Ids that are associated to the event: at00pc2t20, us2000g83v. A tsunami warning has been issued near Chernabura Island in Alaska (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 08:06:02 / 8:06 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 13.02 km (8 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 18/07/18 / 2018-07-18 19:06:02 / July 18, 2018 @ 7:06 pm.

Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. There are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes 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 eight and in the last 365 days ninety-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 88 km WSW of Chernabura Island, Alaska. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.7 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -160.8017° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 54.4467° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 13.02 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 88km WSW of Chernabura 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 2018-07-18 19:06:02 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-07-18 19:23:48 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -660 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 1 The total number of felt reports
CDI 1 The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI 3.54 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 500 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, 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 0.803 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.39 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 76 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 us2000g83v Id of event.
Event Code 2000g83v An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,at00pc2t20,us2000g83v, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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