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Moderate earthquake, 5.5 mag was detected near Amatignak Island in Alaska

Posted by admin on August 17, 2018 0 Comments

Earthquake location 50.757S, -178.064WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.5 (ml/mb) strikes 92 km SE of Amatignak Island, Alaska (57 miles) on Thursday. The epicenter was at a depth of 56 km (35 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 17/08/18 / 2018-08-17 04:35:29 / August 17, 2018 @ 4:35 am. The temblor was reported at 16:35:29 / 4:35 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -178.064° West, latitude 50.757° North, depth = 56 km. Id of earthquake: at00pdl8r5. Event ids that are associated: at00pdl8r5. A tsunami warning has been issued near Amatignak Island in Alaska (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days fourteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and sixty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world each year. 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 92 km SE of Amatignak Island, Alaska. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -178.064° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 50.757° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 56 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 92km SE of Amatignak 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 2018-08-17 04:35:29 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-08-17 04:41:27 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 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 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 465 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network at The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,at, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 35 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.774173 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.93 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 226.799981856 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type Mi The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID at00pdl8r5 Id of event.
Event Code 00pdl8r5 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,at00pdl8r5, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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