Moderate earthquake, 5.9 mag has occurred near Nikolski in Alaska

A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.9 (ml/mb) strikes 170 km SW of Nikolski, Alaska (106 miles) on Sunday. A tsunami warning has been issued near Nikolski in Alaska (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 25.9 km (16 miles). Exact location of event, depth 25.9 km, -170.7943° West, 51.9588° North. Unique identifier: ak0246fot1c4. Ids that are associated to the event: at00sdq7z1, ak0246fot1c4. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 19/05/24 / 2024-05-19 09:35:24 / May 19, 2024 @ 9:35 am. The temblor was detected at 09:35:24 / 9:35 am (local time epicenter).

In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days fourty-two and in the last 365 days fourty-three 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. There are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes 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: 170 km SW of Nikolski, Alaska.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	5.9 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-170.7943° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	51.9588° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	25.9 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	170 km SW 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	2024-05-19 09:35:24	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-05-19 09:50:06	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	4.593	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	536	A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network	ak	The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources	,at,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		Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.8 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap		The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type	ml	The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type	earthquake	Type of seismic event.
Event ID	ak0246fot1c4	Id of event.
Event Code	0246fot1c4	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,at00sdq7z1,ak0246fot1c4,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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