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Moderate earthquake 5.6 mag, 66 km SW of Kaktovik, Alaska


Earthquake location 69.7731S, -144.9853WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.6 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 66 km SW of Kaktovik, Alaska (41 miles). Exact location of earthquake, -144.9853° West, 69.7731° North, depth 0.1 km. Unique identifier: ak20077947. Ids that are associated to the event: ak20077947, at00pdcv7m, us1000g78d. A tsunami warning has been issued near Kaktovik in Alaska (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 0.1 km (0 miles). The temblor was detected at 07:02:08 / 7:02 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 12/08/18 / 2018-08-12 16:02:08 / August 12, 2018 @ 4:02 pm.

Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. In the past 24 hours, there have been seventeen, in the last 10 days seventeen, in the past 30 days seventeen and in the last 365 days twenty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Every year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world.

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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: 66 km SW of Kaktovik, Alaska. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.6 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -144.9853° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 69.7731° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 0.1 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 66km SW of Kaktovik, Alaska Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2018-08-12 16:02:08 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-08-12 16:27:19 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -540 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 1 The total number of felt reports
CDI 2 The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI 7.17 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 automatic 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 483 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,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 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.04 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 ak20077947 Id of event.
Event Code 20077947 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ak20077947,at00pdcv7m,us1000g78d, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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