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Moderate earthquake, 5.7 mag strikes near Nikolski in Alaska

Posted by admin on October 8, 2020 0 Comments

Earthquake location 52.7184S, -168.2558WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.7 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 47 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska (29 miles). Exact location of earthquake, -168.2558° West, 52.7184° North, depth 36.99 km. A tsunami warning has been issued near Nikolski in Alaska (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 14:22:39 / 2:22 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: ak020cym0qd0, at00qhvzxu, us6000c6rg. Unique identifier: us6000c6rg. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 08/10/20 / 2020-10-08 14:22:39 / October 8, 2020 @ 2:22 pm. The epicenter was at a depth of 36.99 km (23 miles).

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 two, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days one hundred and seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world each year.

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage 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: 47 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.7 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -168.2558° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 52.7184° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 36.99 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 47 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-10-08 14:22:39 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-10-08 14:43:51 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 2.7 The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI 3.88 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 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 ,ak,at,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 0.677 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.35 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 169 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 us6000c6rg Id of event.
Event Code 6000c6rg An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ak020cym0qd0,at00qhvzxu,us6000c6rg, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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