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Moderate earthquake: M5 quake has struck near Kaktovik in Alaska


Earthquake location 69.6199S, -144.9989WA moderate earthquake with magnitude 5 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 77 km SW of Kaktovik, Alaska (48 miles). A tsunami warning has been issued near Kaktovik in Alaska (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude -144.9989 West, latitude 69.6199 North, depth = 3.4 km. The temblor was picked up at 15:41:19 / 3:41 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 14/01/19 / 2019-01-14 00:41:19 / January 14, 2019 @ 12:41 am. Unique identifier: ak019n5rosi. Ids that are associated to the event: at00plapww, ak019n5rosi. The epicenter was at a depth of 3.4 km (2 miles).

Every year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days seventeen, in the past 30 days twenty-five and in the last 365 days six hundred and seventy-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. 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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 77 km SW of Kaktovik, Alaska. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -144.9989° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 69.6199° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 3.4 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 77km 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 2019-01-14 00:41:19 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-01-14 00:56:09 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 6.24 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, 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 0.68 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 ak019n5rosi Id of event.
Event Code 019n5rosi An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,at00plapww,ak019n5rosi, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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