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Moderate earthquake, 5.2 mag strikes near Akhiok in Alaska

Posted by admin on July 8, 2020 0 Comments

Earthquake location 56.082S, -153.6854WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.2 (ml/mb) strikes 100 km SSE of Akhiok, Alaska (62 miles) on Wednesday. The temblor was picked up at 01:07:04 / 1:07 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 16.1 km (10 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: at00qd4lrr, ak0208q8qvl8. Unique identifier: ak0208q8qvl8. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 08/07/20 / 2020-07-08 01:07:04 / July 8, 2020 @ 1:07 am. A tsunami warning has been issued near Akhiok in Alaska (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -153.6854 West, latitude 56.082 North, depth = 16.1 km.

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 two and in the last 365 days fourty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 100 km SSE of Akhiok, Alaska. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -153.6854° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 56.082° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 16.1 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 100 km SSE of Akhiok, Alaska Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-07-08 01:07:04 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-07-08 01:17:54 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 3.45 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 416 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 ,at,ak, 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 0.85 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 ak0208q8qvl8 Id of event.
Event Code 0208q8qvl8 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,at00qd4lrr,ak0208q8qvl8, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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