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Moderate earthquake, 5.9 mag strikes near Sand Point in Alaska

Posted by admin on October 6, 2020 0 Comments

Earthquake location 54.8444S, -159.8598WA moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.9 (ml/mb) was reported 68 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska (42 miles) on Tuesday. The 5.9-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 05:54:50 / 5:54 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -159.8598 West, latitude 54.8444 North, depth = 30.42 km. Id of earthquake: us6000c5zm. Event ids that are associated: at00qhrn3g, ak020cv5sgx1, ak020cv5s0vm, us6000c5zm. A tsunami warning has been issued near Sand Point in Alaska (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 06/10/20 / 2020-10-06 05:54:50 / October 6, 2020 @ 5:54 am. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 30.42 km (19 miles) below the earth’s surface.

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

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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. 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: 68 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.9 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -159.8598° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 54.8444° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 30.42 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 68 km SE 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 2020-10-06 05:54:50 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-10-06 06:16:00 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 4 The total number of felt reports
CDI 3.4 The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI 4.864 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 537 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,ak,ak,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 0.157 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.87 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 122 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 us6000c5zm Id of event.
Event Code 6000c5zm An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,at00qhrn3g,ak020cv5sgx1,ak020cv5s0vm,us6000c5zm, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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