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Strong earthquake, 6 mag has occurred near Amukta Island in Alaska

Posted by admin on August 25, 2018 0 Comments

Earthquake location 52.2883S, -171.1857WA earthquake magnitude 6 (ml/mb) strikes 22 km SSE of Amukta Island, Alaska (14 miles) on Saturday. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 25/08/18 / 2018-08-25 16:50:04 / August 25, 2018 @ 4:50 pm. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -171.1857 West, latitude 52.2883 North, depth = 35.14 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 35.14 km (22 miles). The 6-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 06:50:04 / 6:50 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has been issued near Amukta Island in Alaska (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us1000gh9x. Ids that are associated to the event: at00pe103e, us1000gh9x.

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days one hundred and fifty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 135 quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 6.0 to 6.9 may cause a lot of damage in very populated areas.

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 22 km SSE of Amukta Island, Alaska.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 6 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -171.1857° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 52.2883° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 35.14 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 22km SSE of Amukta 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 2018-08-25 16:50:04 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-08-25 17:05:19 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -600 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 4.19 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 554 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 7.041 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.11 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 172 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 us1000gh9x Id of event.
Event Code 1000gh9x An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,at00pe103e,us1000gh9x, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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