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Moderate earthquake: M5.1 quake has struck near Sand Point in Alaska

Posted by admin on August 26, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location 54.5455S, -159.6885WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 102 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska (63 miles). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 28.58 km (18 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -159.6885 West, latitude 54.5455 North, depth = 28.58 km. The temblor was detected at 15:49:41 / 3:49 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has been issued near Sand Point in Alaska (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us6000nmvh. Ids that are associated to the event: at00siu1as, ak024azio1hm, us6000nmvh. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 26/08/24 / 2024-08-26 15:49:41 / August 26, 2024 @ 3:49 pm.

In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days thirteen and in the last 365 days nineteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.

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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: 102 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -159.6885° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 54.5455° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 28.58 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 102 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 2024-08-26 15:49:41 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-08-26 16:09:54 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 2.7 The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI 3.955 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 400 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,ak,us, 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 0.925 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.86 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 68 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 us6000nmvh Id of event.
Event Code 6000nmvh An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,at00siu1as,ak024azio1hm,us6000nmvh, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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