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Moderate earthquake, 5 mag was detected near Kaktovik in Alaska

Posted by admin on August 12, 2018 0 Comments

Earthquake location 69.565S, -144.7535WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5 (ml/mb) strikes 72 km SW of Kaktovik, Alaska (45 miles) on Sunday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 8.7 km (5 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has been issued near Kaktovik in Alaska (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude -144.7535° West, latitude 69.565° North, depth = 8.7 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 12/08/18 / 2018-08-12 18:36:44 / August 12, 2018 @ 6:36 pm. The temblor was reported at 09:36:44 / 9:36 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: ak20080290. Ids that are associated to the event: at00pdd2d9, ak20080290, us1000g7b4.

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

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 72 km SW of Kaktovik, Alaska.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -144.7535° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 69.565° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 8.7 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 72km 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 18:36:44 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-08-12 19:28:11 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -540 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 5.81 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 385 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 ,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 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.62 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 ak20080290 Id of event.
Event Code 20080290 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,at00pdd2d9,ak20080290,us1000g7b4, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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