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Moderate earthquake, 5 mag has occurred near Akutan in Alaska


Earthquake location 52.7303S, -163.4526WA moderate earthquake with magnitude 5 (ml/mb) was reported 219 km SE of Akutan, Alaska (136 miles) on Wednesday. A tsunami warning has been issued near Akutan in Alaska (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, -163.4526° West, 52.7303° North, depth 41.5 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 41.5 km (26 miles). Event id: ak024dbrg4cm. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: at00slg06s, ak024dbrg4cm. Exact time and date of earthquake 16/10/24 / 2024-10-16 09:40:01 / October 16, 2024 @ 9:40 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was picked up at 09:40:01 / 9:40 am (local time epicenter).

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 four, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days twenty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world each year.

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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 information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 219 km SE of Akutan, Alaska.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -163.4526° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 52.7303° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 41.5 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 219 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 09:40:01 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-10-16 09:49:09 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 2.889 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 0.46 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 ak024dbrg4cm Id of event.
Event Code 024dbrg4cm An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,at00slg06s,ak024dbrg4cm, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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