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Moderate earthquake 5 mag, 61 km SSW of Kobuk, Alaska


Earthquake location 66.374S, -157.23WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5 (ml/mb) strikes 61 km SSW of Kobuk, Alaska (38 miles) on Wednesday. A tsunami warning has been issued near Kobuk in Alaska (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, -157.23° West, 66.374° North, depth 10 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 18/03/20 / 2020-03-18 15:31:33 / March 18, 2020 @ 3:31 pm. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Event id: at00q7eb4l. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: at00q7eb4l. The temblor was detected at 06:31:33 / 6:31 am (local time epicenter).

Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days one hundred and fifty-one 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.

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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. 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: 61 km SSW of Kobuk, Alaska.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -157.23° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 66.374° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 61km SSW of Kobuk, Alaska Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-03-18 15:31:33 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-03-18 15:37:01 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 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 385 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 49 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 2.745252 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.79 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 97.199992224001 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 at00q7eb4l Id of event.
Event Code 00q7eb4l An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,at00q7eb4l, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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