Moderate earthquake 5 mag, 219 km W of Adak, Alaska

A moderate earthquake magnitude 5 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 219 km W of Adak, Alaska (136 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 171.475 km (107 miles). The temblor was picked up at 12:41:02 / 12:41 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 15/09/24 / 2024-09-15 12:41:02 / September 15, 2024 @ 12:41 pm. Unique identifier: us7000ne1l. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000ne1l, ak024bwjkvqt. Exact location, longitude -179.8068° West, latitude 52.1396° North, depth = 171.475 km.

There are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days ten 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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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	5 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-179.8068° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	52.1396° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	171.475 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	219 km W of Adak, Alaska	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2024-09-15 12:41:02	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-09-15 13:08:08	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	2.973	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	0	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	us	The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources	,us,ak,	A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used	135	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.406	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	1.04 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	38	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	us7000ne1l	Id of event.
Event Code	7000ne1l	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us7000ne1l,ak024bwjkvqt,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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