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Moderate earthquake, 5 mag was detected near Atka in Alaska


Earthquake location 52.2937S, -175.1088WA moderate earthquake with magnitude 5 (ml/mb) was reported 62 km W of Atka, Alaska (39 miles) on Saturday. Global time and date of event 29/06/24 / 2024-06-29 11:10:32 / June 29, 2024 @ 11:10 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, -175.1088° West, 52.2937° North, depth 99.291 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 99.291 km (62 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 11:10:32 / 11:10 am (local time epicenter). Event id: us6000n95k. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000n95k, ak0248bivsu7.

There are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days thirteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.

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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. 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: 62 km W of Atka, Alaska.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -175.1088° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 52.2937° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 99.291 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 62 km W of Atka, Alaska Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-06-29 11:10:32 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-06-29 11:32:44 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 3.669 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 77 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.568 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.01 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 126 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 us6000n95k Id of event.
Event Code 6000n95k An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000n95k,ak0248bivsu7, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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