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Moderate earthquake 5 mag, 87 km NE of Kodiak, Alaska


Earthquake location 58.3567S, -151.2849WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 87 kilometers (54 miles) from Kodiak in Alaska. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 21.4 km (13 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -151.2849 West, latitude 58.3567 North, depth = 21.4 km. A tsunami warning has been issued near Kodiak in Alaska (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: ak01979jl6pt. Ids that are associated to the event: ak01979jl6pt, at00psqhjv. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 07/06/19 / 2019-06-07 14:57:31 / June 7, 2019 @ 2:57 pm. The temblor was reported at 04:57:31 / 4:57 am (local time epicenter).

The epicenter was 91 km (57 miles) from Kodiak (c. 6 100 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kodiak (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).

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

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 87 km NE of Kodiak, Alaska.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -151.2849° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 58.3567° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 21.4 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 87km NE of Kodiak, Alaska Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2019-06-07 14:57:31 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-06-07 15:01:03 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 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 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 ,ak,at, 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 0.49 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 ak01979jl6pt Id of event.
Event Code 01979jl6pt An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ak01979jl6pt,at00psqhjv, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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