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Strong earthquake, 6 mag strikes near Nikolski in Alaska


Earthquake location 52.1259S, -170.9323WA earthquake with magnitude 6 (ml/mb) was reported 167 km WSW of Nikolski, Alaska (104 miles) on Friday. The 6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 03:13:48 / 3:13 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 19/07/24 / 2024-07-19 03:13:48 / July 19, 2024 @ 3:13 am UTC/GMT. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 41.509 km (26 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, depth 41.509 km, -170.9323° West, 52.1259° North. A tsunami warning has been issued near Nikolski in Alaska (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: at00sguoyy, us7000n068, ak02498gvxob. Unique identifier: us7000n068.

Each year there are an estimated 135 quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days thirteen and in the last 365 days eighty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 6.0 to 6.9 may cause a lot of damage in very populated areas.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 167 km WSW of Nikolski, Alaska.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 6 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -170.9323° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 52.1259° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 41.509 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 167 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 2024-07-19 03:13:48 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-07-19 03:27:56 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 1 The total number of felt reports
CDI 3.4 The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI 4.177 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 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 59 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.993 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.43 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 109 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mwr The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us7000n068 Id of event.
Event Code 7000n068 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,at00sguoyy,us7000n068,ak02498gvxob, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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