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Light earthquake, 4.1 mag was detected near Cantwell in Alaska

Posted by admin on August 3, 2015 0 Comments

Earthquake location 62.8302S, -148.9689WA light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 64 km S of Cantwell, Alaska (40 miles). Global time and date of event 03/08/15 / 2015-08-03 01:56:10 / August 3, 2015 @ 1:56 am UTC/GMT. Id of earthquake: ak11668071. Event ids that are associated: us10002xdr, ak11668071. Exact location, longitude -148.9689° West, latitude 62.8302° North, depth = 65 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 17:56:10 / 5:56 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 65 km (40 miles).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days ninety-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light 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: 64 km S of Cantwell, Alaska. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -148.9689° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 62.8302° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 65 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 64km S of Cantwell, Alaska Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2015-08-03 01:56:10 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2015-08-03 17:33:57 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -480 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 2 The total number of felt reports
CDI 2.7 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 259 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 ,us,ak, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 124 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.05479723 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.69 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 28.799997696 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 ak11668071 Id of event.
Event Code 11668071 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us10002xdr,ak11668071, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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