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Moderate earthquake, 5.1 mag strikes near Adak in Alaska

Posted by admin on October 3, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location 51.3378S, -177.0247WA moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 65 km SSW of Adak, Alaska (40 miles). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 35 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 13:08:40 / 1:08 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -177.0247 West, latitude 51.3378 North, depth = 35 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 03/10/24 / 2024-10-03 13:08:40 / October 3, 2024 @ 1:08 pm. Unique identifier: us6000nw9t. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000nw9t.

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

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage 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: 65 km SSW of Adak, Alaska.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -177.0247° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 51.3378° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 35 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 65 km SSW 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 2024-10-03 13:08:40 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-10-03 13:28:43 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 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 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 ,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 84 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.522 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.64 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 145 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mb The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us6000nw9t Id of event.
Event Code 6000nw9t An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000nw9t, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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