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Light earthquake, 4.3 mag has occurred near Anchor Point in Alaska

Posted by admin on January 30, 2016 0 Comments

Earthquake location 59.6973S, -153.3085WA light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 83 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska (52 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -153.3085 West, latitude 59.6973 North, depth = 110 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 24/01/16 / 2016-01-24 10:37:20 / January 24, 2016 @ 10:37 am UTC/GMT. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 110 km (68 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was detected at 01:37:20 / 1:37 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak12560159. Id of event: ak12560159.

There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been seventy-nine, in the last 10 days eighty-one, in the past 30 days eighty-eight and in the last 365 days one hundred and ninety-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.

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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: 83 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -153.3085° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 59.6973° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 110 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 83km 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 2016-01-24 10:37:20 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2016-01-30 01:16:17 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -540 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 19 The total number of felt reports
CDI 4.3 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 293 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 0.46 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 ak12560159 Id of event.
Event Code 12560159 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ak12560159, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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