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Moderate earthquake, 5.2 mag was detected near Perryville in Alaska


Earthquake location 55.283S, -159.227WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 70 km S of Perryville, Alaska (43 miles). The temblor was detected at 21:40:00 / 9:40 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -159.227° West, 55.283° North, depth 51 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 51 km (32 miles) below the earth’s surface. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 22/07/20 / 2020-07-22 21:40:00 / July 22, 2020 @ 9:40 pm. A tsunami warning has been issued near Perryville in Alaska (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: at00qdw46o. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: at00qdw46o.

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

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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 data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 70 km S of Perryville, Alaska.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -159.227° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 55.283° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 51 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 70 km S of Perryville, Alaska Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-07-22 21:40:00 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-07-22 21:45:28 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 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 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 76 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.7159573 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.13 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 165.599986752 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type Mb The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID at00qdw46o Id of event.
Event Code 00qdw46o An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,at00qdw46o, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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