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Moderate earthquake, 5.8 mag was detected near Sand Point in Alaska

Posted by admin on July 22, 2020 0 Comments

Earthquake location 55.2233S, -159.3719WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.8 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 72 km E of Sand Point, Alaska (45 miles). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 36.71 km (23 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was reported at 08:13:29 / 8:13 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us7000asy0. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000asy0. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 22/07/20 / 2020-07-22 08:13:29 / July 22, 2020 @ 8:13 am. Exact location of event, longitude -159.3719 West, latitude 55.2233 North, depth = 36.71 km.

Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been thirteen, in the last 10 days thirteen, in the past 30 days fifteen and in the last 365 days fifty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 72 km E of Sand Point, Alaska.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.8 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -159.3719° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 55.2233° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 36.71 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 72 km E of Sand Point, 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 08:13:29 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-07-22 08:32:05 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 4.626 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 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 518 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 0.412 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.33 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 63 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 us7000asy0 Id of event.
Event Code 7000asy0 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000asy0, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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