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Earthquake 4.1 mag, 17 km WSW of Little Sitkin Island, Alaska


Earthquake location 51.9113S, 178.2574WAn earthquake with magnitude 4.1 mg/mb has occurred in 17 km WSW of Little Sitkin Island, Alaska. Time of event: Thursday 4th September @ 4:53 pm UTC. Location of event: 178.2574S, 51.9113W, depth=115.32 km. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about quake recorded in: 17 km WSW of Little Sitkin Island, Alaska. Did you feel it? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country.


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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 178.2574° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 51.9113° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 115.32 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 17km WSW of Little Sitkin Island, Alaska Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2014-09-04 16:53:03 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2014-09-05 15:20:37 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -540 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 reviewed Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami 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 259 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 us 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 0.841 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.04 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 154 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mb The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID usc000sa0u Id of event.
Event Code c000sa0u An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS usc000sa0u A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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