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Moderate earthquake, 5 mag has occurred near Kobuk in Alaska

Posted by admin on March 18, 2020 0 Comments

Earthquake location 66.3026S, -157.1216WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 67 km SSW of Kobuk, Alaska (42 miles). The 5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 06:31:33 / 6:31 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 18/03/20 / 2020-03-18 15:31:33 / March 18, 2020 @ 3:31 pm UTC/GMT. Unique identifier: ak0203l91abz. Ids that are associated to the event: us60008huz, ak0203l91abz, at00q7eb4l. A tsunami warning has been issued near Kobuk in Alaska (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 9 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -157.1216 West, latitude 66.3026 North, depth = 9 km.

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. In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days one hundred and fifty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.

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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: 67 km SSW of Kobuk, Alaska.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -157.1216° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 66.3026° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 9 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 67km 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 16:03:31 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -540 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 3 The total number of felt reports
CDI 3.4 The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI 5.85 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 386 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 ,us,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 1.19 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 ak0203l91abz Id of event.
Event Code 0203l91abz An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us60008huz,ak0203l91abz,at00q7eb4l, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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