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Moderate earthquake, 5.4 mag has occurred near Sand Point in Alaska

Posted by admin on August 1, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location 54.038S, -159.522WA moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 157 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska (98 miles). Exact location, longitude -159.522° West, latitude 54.038° North, depth = 87 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 01/08/24 / 2024-08-01 10:03:15 / August 1, 2024 @ 10:03 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has been issued near Sand Point in Alaska (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: at00shjalf. Event ids that are associated: at00shjalf, ak0249u2za8u. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 87 km (54 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was picked up at 10:03:15 / 10:03 am (local time epicenter).

Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. There are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 157 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -159.522° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 54.038° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 87 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 157 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-08-01 10:03:15 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-08-01 10:09:22 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 3.422 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 449 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network at The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,at,ak, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 63 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.42383 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.85 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 212.399983008 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type Mi The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID at00shjalf Id of event.
Event Code 00shjalf An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,at00shjalf,ak0249u2za8u, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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