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Strong earthquake: M6.6 quake has struck near Tanaga Volcano in Alaska


Earthquake location 51.5088S, -178.0773WA earthquake magnitude 6.6 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 41 km S of Tanaga Volcano, Alaska (25 miles). Exact location of earthquake, -178.0773° West, 51.5088° North, depth 31.59 km. A tsunami warning has been issued near Tanaga Volcano in Alaska (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 11:56:56 / 11:56 am (local time epicenter). Event id: us1000ga0z. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000ga0z, at00pdivmx, pt18227000. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 31.59 km (20 miles) below the earth’s surface. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 15/08/18 / 2018-08-15 21:56:56 / August 15, 2018 @ 9:56 pm.

There are an estimated 135 earthquakes in the world each year. 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 one hundred and ninety earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 6.0 to 6.9 may cause a lot of damage in very populated areas.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 41 km S of Tanaga Volcano, Alaska. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 6.6 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -178.0773° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 51.5088° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 31.59 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 41km S 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 2018-08-15 21:56:56 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-08-15 22:21:02 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -600 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 1 The total number of felt reports
CDI 5.8 The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI 5.97 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 671 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,pt, 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 0.67 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.03 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 51 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 us1000ga0z Id of event.
Event Code 1000ga0z An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us1000ga0z,at00pdivmx,pt18227000, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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