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Moderate earthquake, 5.7 mag strikes near Adak in Alaska


Earthquake location 50.9769S, -177.31WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.7 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 110 km SSW of Adak, Alaska (68 miles). A tsunami warning has been issued near Adak in Alaska (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 10/12/24 / 2024-12-10 18:04:31 / December 10, 2024 @ 6:04 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location, longitude -177.31° West, latitude 50.9769° North, depth = 1 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: at00soai7j, ak024fuv5gpt. Id of event: at00soai7j. The temblor was reported at 18:04:31 / 6:04 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 1 km (1 miles).

In the past 24 hours, there have been ten, in the last 10 days sixty-four, in the past 30 days sixty-nine and in the last 365 days one hundred and fifty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 110 km SSW of Adak, Alaska. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.7 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -177.31° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 50.9769° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 1 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 110 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 2024-12-10 18:04:31 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-12-10 18:10:42 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 5.331 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 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 1.0133 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.57 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 215.99998272 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 at00soai7j Id of event.
Event Code 00soai7j An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,at00soai7j,ak024fuv5gpt, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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