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Moderate earthquake: M5.1 quake has struck near Nikolski in Alaska

Posted by admin on May 16, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location 51.9779S, -169.2887WA moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) was reported 110 km SSW of Nikolski, Alaska (68 miles) on Thursday. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak0245nja1xe, us6000mvms. Id of event: us6000mvms. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The temblor was reported at 07:01:47 / 7:01 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 02/05/24 / 2024-05-02 07:01:47 / May 2, 2024 @ 7:01 am. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -169.2887 West, latitude 51.9779 North, depth = 10 km.

In the past 24 hours, there have been thirty-four, in the last 10 days thirty-four, in the past 30 days thirty-five and in the last 365 days thirty-five 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. There are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world each year.

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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: 110 km SSW of Nikolski, Alaska. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -169.2887° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 51.9779° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 110 km SSW 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 2024-05-02 07:01:47 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-05-15 04:45:27 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 3.046 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 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 400 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,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 136 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.853 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.54 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 182 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 us6000mvms Id of event.
Event Code 6000mvms An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ak0245nja1xe,us6000mvms, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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