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Strong earthquake: M6 quake has struck near Nikolski in Alaska


Earthquake location 52.2175S, -170.9425WA earthquake magnitude 6 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 162 km WSW of Nikolski, Alaska (101 miles). The epicenter was at a depth of 29.483 km (18 miles). Id of earthquake: us6000mzme. Event ids that are associated: at00sdq7z1, us6000mzme, ak0246fot1c4. A tsunami warning has been issued near Nikolski in Alaska (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 19/05/24 / 2024-05-19 09:35:25 / May 19, 2024 @ 9:35 am. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -170.9425 West, latitude 52.2175 North, depth = 29.483 km. The 6-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 09:35:25 / 9:35 am (local time epicenter).

Earthquakes 6.0 to 6.9 may cause a lot of damage in very populated areas. Every year there are an estimated 135 earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days twenty-nine and in the last 365 days thirty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage 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: 162 km WSW of Nikolski, Alaska. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 6 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -170.9425° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 52.2175° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 29.483 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 162 km WSW 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 09:35:25 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-05-19 09:58:04 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 4.764 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 554 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 122 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.847 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.42 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 60 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 us6000mzme Id of event.
Event Code 6000mzme An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,at00sdq7z1,us6000mzme,ak0246fot1c4, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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