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Light earthquake, 4.4 mag has occurred near False Pass in Alaska


Earthquake location 54.075S, -162.851WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 93 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska (58 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 03/07/15 / 2015-07-03 00:39:29 / July 3, 2015 @ 12:39 am UTC/GMT. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 13:39:29 / 1:39 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us10002n4t. Event ids that are associated: ak11640186, us10002n4t. Exact location of event, depth 25.6 km, -162.851° West, 54.075° North. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 25.6 km (16 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days eighteen and in the last 365 days seventy-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.

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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 data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 93 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -162.851° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 54.075° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 25.6 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 93km SSE of False Pass, Alaska Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2015-07-03 00:39:29 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2015-07-14 04:57:54 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -660 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 0 The total number of felt reports
CDI 1 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 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 298 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 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 0.9 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 mb The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us10002n4t Id of event.
Event Code 10002n4t An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ak11640186,us10002n4t, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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