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Moderate earthquake 5.6 mag, 179 km SW of Nikolski, Alaska

Posted by admin on December 5, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location 51.779S, -170.702WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.6 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 179 km SW of Nikolski, Alaska (111 miles). A tsunami warning has been issued near Nikolski in Alaska (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 39 km (24 miles). Event id: at00so0rg3. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: at00so0rg3, ak024fmhk2pa. The 5.6-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 11:48:03 / 11:48 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 05/12/24 / 2024-12-05 11:48:03 / December 5, 2024 @ 11:48 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, -170.702° West, 51.779° North, depth 39 km.

Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. 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 six and in the last 365 days one hundred and nineteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 179 km SW of Nikolski, Alaska.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.6 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -170.702° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 51.779° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 39 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 179 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 2024-12-05 11:48:03 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-12-05 11:53:21 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 2.454 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 482 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network at 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 36 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.99 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 212.399983008 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type Mi The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID at00so0rg3 Id of event.
Event Code 00so0rg3 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,at00so0rg3,ak024fmhk2pa, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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