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Moderate earthquake, 5 mag has occurred near Nikolski in Alaska

Posted by admin on October 9, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location 51.9221S, -170.8585WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 176 km SW of Nikolski, Alaska (109 miles). The temblor was picked up at 04:41:07 / 4:41 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 35 km, -170.8585° West, 51.9221° North. A tsunami warning has been issued near Nikolski in Alaska (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 35 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: at00sl2nok, us6000nxg5, ak024d03pqsa. Id of event: us6000nxg5. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 09/10/24 / 2024-10-09 04:41:07 / October 9, 2024 @ 4:41 am.

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

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 176 km SW of Nikolski, Alaska. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -170.8585° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 51.9221° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 35 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 176 km SW of Nikolski, Alaska Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-10-09 04:41:07 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-10-09 05:31:09 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 4.42 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 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 92 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.615 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.98 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 130 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 us6000nxg5 Id of event.
Event Code 6000nxg5 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,at00sl2nok,us6000nxg5,ak024d03pqsa, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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