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Light earthquake 4.9 mag, 85 km SSW of Nikolski, Alaska


Earthquake location 52.218S, -169.3155WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 85 km SSW of Nikolski, Alaska (53 miles). The temblor was detected at 19:45:16 / 7:45 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us200030bf. Event ids that are associated: us200030bf. The epicenter was at a depth of 27.49 km (17 miles). Exact location of event, depth 27.49 km, -169.3155° West, 52.218° North. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 27/07/15 / 2015-07-27 06:45:16 / July 27, 2015 @ 6:45 am.

Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been thirteen, in the last 10 days fifteen, in the past 30 days twenty and in the last 365 days one hundred and four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.

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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 85 km SSW of Nikolski, Alaska.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.9 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -169.3155° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 52.218° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 27.49 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 85km SSW of Nikolski, Alaska Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2015-07-27 06:45:16 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2015-07-27 07:21:36 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 369 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 0.805 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.3 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 138 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 us200030bf Id of event.
Event Code 200030bf An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us200030bf, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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