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Moderate earthquake: M5.7 quake has struck near Atka in Alaska

Posted by admin on August 16, 2020 0 Comments

Earthquake location 51.1005S, -171.1262WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.7 (ml/mb) strikes 245 km ESE of Atka, Alaska (152 miles) on Sunday. The temblor was detected at 20:05:48 / 8:05 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 16/08/20 / 2020-08-16 20:05:48 / August 16, 2020 @ 8:05 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -171.1262 West, latitude 51.1005 North, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has been issued near Atka in Alaska (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: at00qf6ahx, us6000bfpw, ak020aj20c11. Id of event: us6000bfpw. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface.

Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days fourty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 245 km ESE of Atka, Alaska. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.7 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -171.1262° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 51.1005° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 245 km ESE of Atka, Alaska Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-08-16 20:05:48 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-08-16 20:27:30 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 1 The total number of felt reports
CDI 2 The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI 0 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 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 500 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 ,at,us,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 2.208 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.06 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 78 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 us6000bfpw Id of event.
Event Code 6000bfpw An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,at00qf6ahx,us6000bfpw,ak020aj20c11, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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