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Moderate earthquake, 5.5 mag was detected near Manley Hot Springs in Alaska

Posted by admin on October 27, 2018 0 Comments

Earthquake location 65.1706S, -151.2753WA moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 35 km WNW of Manley Hot Springs, Alaska (22 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 40 km (25 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 27/10/18 / 2018-10-27 16:57:36 / October 27, 2018 @ 4:57 pm. Unique identifier: ak20292205. Ids that are associated to the event: ak20292205. The temblor was picked up at 07:57:36 / 7:57 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -151.2753° West, 65.1706° North, depth 40 km.

In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. There are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world each year.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 35 km WNW of Manley Hot Springs, 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 -151.2753° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 65.1706° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 40 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 35km WNW of Manley Hot Springs, Alaska Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2018-10-27 16:57:36 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-10-27 17:10:53 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -540 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 57 The total number of felt reports
CDI 3.4 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 automatic Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami 0 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 485 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, 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 1.01 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 ak20292205 Id of event.
Event Code 20292205 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ak20292205, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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