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Light earthquake, 4 mag was detected near Anchor Point in Alaska


Earthquake location 59.7335S, -152.9755WA light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 64 kilometers (40 miles) from Anchor Point in Alaska. Exact location of event, depth 98.6 km, -152.9755° West, 59.7335° North. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: ak12052068. Ids that are associated to the event: ak12052068. Exact time and date of earthquake 24/11/15 / 2015-11-24 03:24:44 / November 24, 2015 @ 3:24 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was detected at 18:24:44 / 6:24 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 98.6 km (61 miles) below the earth’s surface.

Earthquake epicenter was 81 km (50 miles) from Homer (c. 5 000 pop). Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Homer.

In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days thirteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and nineteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. 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.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 64 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -152.9755° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 59.7335° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 98.6 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 64km W of Anchor Point, Alaska Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2015-11-24 03:24:44 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2015-11-24 04:04:35 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -540 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 246 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 ,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 0.54 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 ak12052068 Id of event.
Event Code 12052068 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ak12052068, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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