Moderate earthquake, 5.7 mag was detected near Akhiok in Alaska

A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.7 (ml/mb) was reported 113 km S of Akhiok, Alaska (70 miles) on Sunday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 22.3 km (14 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has been issued near Akhiok in Alaska (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude -153.9664° West, latitude 55.9335° North, depth = 22.3 km. The temblor was detected at 11:44:56 / 11:44 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 22/12/24 / 2024-12-22 11:44:56 / December 22, 2024 @ 11:44 am UTC/GMT. All ids that are associated to the event: at00sow8mv, ak024gelo7o8. Unique identifier: ak024gelo7o8.

Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days sixteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 113 km S of Akhiok, Alaska. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	5.7 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-153.9664° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	55.9335° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	22.3 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	113 km S of Akhiok, Alaska	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2024-12-22 11:44:56	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-12-22 11:49:24	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		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	automatic	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	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	0.6 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	ak024gelo7o8	Id of event.
Event Code	024gelo7o8	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,at00sow8mv,ak024gelo7o8,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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