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Moderate earthquake, 5.6 mag has occurred near Sand Point in Alaska

Posted by admin on August 1, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location 54.1094S, -159.7025WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.6 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 145 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska (90 miles). The 5.6-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 10:03:13 / 10:03 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 01/08/24 / 2024-08-01 10:03:13 / August 1, 2024 @ 10:03 am. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -159.7025 West, latitude 54.1094 North, depth = 10 km. 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: us6000nhbe. Event ids that are associated: at00shjalf, us6000nhbe, ak0249u2za8u. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).

Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 145 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.6 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -159.7025° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 54.1094° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 145 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 10:03:13 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-08-01 10:27:06 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 3.907 The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level green 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 482 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 127 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.321 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.89 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 66 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mww The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us6000nhbe Id of event.
Event Code 6000nhbe An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,at00shjalf,us6000nhbe,ak0249u2za8u, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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