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Moderate earthquake 5 mag, 202 km WSW of Adak, Alaska


Earthquake location 50.944S, -179.134WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5 (ml/mb) strikes 202 km WSW of Adak, Alaska (126 miles) on Friday. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 21/06/24 / 2024-06-21 12:12:36 / June 21, 2024 @ 12:12 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location, longitude -179.134° West, latitude 50.944° North, depth = 10 km. The 5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 12:12:36 / 12:12 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000mtsd, ak0247yb6wbo. Id of event: us7000mtsd. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

There are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world each year. 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 ten and in the last 365 days twenty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.

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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: 202 km WSW of Adak, Alaska.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -179.134° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 50.944° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 202 km WSW of Adak, Alaska Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-06-21 12:12:36 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-06-21 12:32:47 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 4.263 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 385 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 ,us,ak, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 100 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.643 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.44 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 81 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 us7000mtsd Id of event.
Event Code 7000mtsd An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000mtsd,ak0247yb6wbo, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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