Moderate earthquake: M5.6 quake has struck near Adak in Alaska

A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.6 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 106 km SE of Adak, Alaska (66 miles). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 34 km (21 miles). A tsunami warning has been issued near Adak in Alaska (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 5.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 12:54:03 / 12:54 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 34 km, -175.581° West, 51.192° North. Unique identifier: at00q1g7u3. Ids that are associated to the event: at00q1g7u3. Exact time and date of earthquake 24/11/19 / 2019-11-24 00:54:03 / November 24, 2019 @ 12:54 am UTC/GMT.

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days ninety-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world.

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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: 106 km SE of Adak, Alaska. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	5.6 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-175.581° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	51.192° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	34 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	106km SE of Adak, Alaska	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2019-11-24 00:54:03	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2019-11-24 00:59:10	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	482	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	38	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.9746721	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	1.32 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	208.799983296	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	at00q1g7u3	Id of event.
Event Code	00q1g7u3	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,at00q1g7u3,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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