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Moderate earthquake, 5.7 mag strikes near Adak in Alaska


Earthquake location 50.9072S, -177.5274WA moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.7 (ml/mb) was reported 124 km SSW of Adak, Alaska (77 miles) on Monday. Event id: us7000nx6q. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak024fsytclo, us7000nx6q, at00so7iwn. The temblor was reported at 03:26:39 / 3:26 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -177.5274 West, latitude 50.9072 North, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has been issued near Adak in Alaska (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 09/12/24 / 2024-12-09 03:26:39 / December 9, 2024 @ 3:26 am.

In the past 24 hours, there have been thirty-two, in the last 10 days thirty-two, in the past 30 days thirty-seven and in the last 365 days one hundred and twenty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 124 km SSW of Adak, Alaska. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.7 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -177.5274° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 50.9072° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 124 km SSW 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 03:26:39 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-12-09 03:42:43 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 3.4 The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI 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 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,at, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 103 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.875 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.96 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 127 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 us7000nx6q Id of event.
Event Code 7000nx6q An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ak024fsytclo,us7000nx6q,at00so7iwn, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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