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Moderate earthquake, 5.7 mag has occurred near Adak in Alaska

Posted by admin on December 9, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location 51.0366S, -177.5501WA moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.7 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 112 km SW of Adak, Alaska (70 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -177.5501 West, latitude 51.0366 North, depth = 18.783 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 18.783 km (12 miles). The temblor was picked up at 16:31:44 / 4:31 pm (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us7000nxbs. Ids that are associated to the event: ak024ft6l28c, us7000nxbs. Exact time and date of earthquake 09/12/24 / 2024-12-09 16:31:44 / December 9, 2024 @ 4:31 pm UTC/GMT.

In the past 24 hours, there have been fourty-six, in the last 10 days fourty-six, in the past 30 days fifty-one and in the last 365 days one hundred and fourty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes 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 react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity 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: 112 km SW of Adak, Alaska.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.7 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -177.5501° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 51.0366° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 18.783 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 112 km SW 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 2024-12-09 16:31:44 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-12-09 16:51:48 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 1 The total number of felt reports
CDI 2.2 The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI 2.866 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 500 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 ,ak,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 147 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.752 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.91 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 55 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 us7000nxbs Id of event.
Event Code 7000nxbs An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ak024ft6l28c,us7000nxbs, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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