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Moderate earthquake 5.2 mag, 28 km SW of Atka, Alaska


Earthquake location 52.042S, -174.5305WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.2 (ml/mb) strikes 28 km SW of Atka, Alaska (17 miles) on Monday. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 29/07/24 / 2024-07-29 04:49:27 / July 29, 2024 @ 4:49 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 70.646 km (44 miles). The temblor was detected at 04:49:27 / 4:49 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -174.5305 West, latitude 52.042 North, depth = 70.646 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak0249p12ivh, us6000ngl3, at00shdc2h. Id of event: us6000ngl3. A tsunami warning has been issued near Atka in Alaska (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

There are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days eleven and in the last 365 days twenty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 28 km SW of Atka, Alaska. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -174.5305° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 52.042° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 70.646 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 28 km SW 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 2024-07-29 04:49:27 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-07-29 05:04:55 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 2 The total number of felt reports
CDI 3.1 The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI 3.828 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 417 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 ,ak,us,at, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 81 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.26 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.73 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 89 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 us6000ngl3 Id of event.
Event Code 6000ngl3 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ak0249p12ivh,us6000ngl3,at00shdc2h, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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