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

A moderate earthquake magnitude 5 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 100 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska (62 miles). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 25 km (16 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location, longitude -159.7294° West, latitude 54.5449° North, depth = 25 km. All ids that are associated to the event: at00siu1as, ak024azio1hm. Unique identifier: ak024azio1hm. A tsunami warning has been issued near Sand Point in Alaska (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 15:49:43 / 3:49 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 26/08/24 / 2024-08-26 15:49:43 / August 26, 2024 @ 3:49 pm.

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

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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. 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: 100 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	5 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-159.7294° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	54.5449° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	25 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	100 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 15:49:43	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-08-26 16:03:47	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	4.328	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	385	A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network	ak	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		The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance		Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.53 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap		The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type	ml	The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type	earthquake	Type of seismic event.
Event ID	ak024azio1hm	Id of event.
Event Code	024azio1hm	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,at00siu1as,ak024azio1hm,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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