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Moderate earthquake, 5.3 mag strikes near Akutan in Alaska

Posted by admin on October 16, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location 52.5655S, -163.3902WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 235 km SE of Akutan, Alaska (146 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -163.3902 West, latitude 52.5655 North, depth = 10 km. All ids that are associated to the event: at00slg06s, ak024dbrg4cm, us6000nz0p. Unique identifier: us6000nz0p. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The 5.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 09:39:59 / 9:39 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 16/10/24 / 2024-10-16 09:39:59 / October 16, 2024 @ 9:39 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has been issued near Akutan in Alaska (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

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

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -163.3902° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 52.5655° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 235 km SE of Akutan, Alaska Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-10-16 09:39:59 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-10-16 09:57:32 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 2.802 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 432 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 142 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 2.088 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.02 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 98 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 us6000nz0p Id of event.
Event Code 6000nz0p An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,at00slg06s,ak024dbrg4cm,us6000nz0p, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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