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Moderate earthquake, 5.4 mag was detected near False Pass in Alaska


Earthquake location 53.351S, -163.555WA moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.4 (ml/mb) was reported 167 km S of False Pass, Alaska (104 miles) on Thursday. A tsunami warning has been issued near False Pass in Alaska (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: at00qezp6o. Event ids that are associated: at00qezp6o. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 13/08/20 / 2020-08-13 06:40:00 / August 13, 2020 @ 6:40 am. Exact location of earthquake, -163.555° West, 53.351° North, depth 64 km. The 5.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 06:40:00 / 6:40 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 64 km (40 miles).

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 seventy-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world.

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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: 167 km S of False Pass, Alaska. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -163.555° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 53.351° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 64 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 167 km S of False Pass, Alaska Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-08-13 06:40:00 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-08-13 06:44:56 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 449 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 56 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.461559 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.45 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 197.99998416 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type Mi The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID at00qezp6o Id of event.
Event Code 00qezp6o An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,at00qezp6o, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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