Moderate earthquake, 5.1 mag has occurred near Adak in Alaska

A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 179 km WSW of Adak, Alaska (111 miles). Exact location of earthquake, -179.0112° West, 51.2295° North, depth 41.79 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 41.79 km (26 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 19/06/20 / 2020-06-19 02:59:29 / June 19, 2020 @ 2:59 am UTC/GMT. All ids that are associated to the event: us6000ael8. Unique identifier: us6000ael8. The temblor was reported at 02:59:29 / 2:59 am (local time epicenter).

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

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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: 179 km WSW of Adak, Alaska.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	5.1 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-179.0112° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	51.2295° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	41.79 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	179 km WSW 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	2020-06-19 02:59:29	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2020-06-19 03:16:14	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset		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	0	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	400	A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network	us	The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources	,us,	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	1.317	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	1.25 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	137	The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type	mww	The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type	earthquake	Type of seismic event.
Event ID	us6000ael8	Id of event.
Event Code	6000ael8	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us6000ael8,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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