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Light earthquake 4.6 mag, 126 km NW of Talkeetna, Alaska

Posted by admin on April 15, 2016 0 Comments

Earthquake location 63.2358S, -151.5896WA light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 126 km NW of Talkeetna, Alaska (78 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 15/04/16 / 2016-04-15 08:54:26 / April 15, 2016 @ 8:54 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, -151.5896° West, 63.2358° North, depth 11.7 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 11.7 km (7 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 00:54:26 / 12:54 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: ak13444102. Ids that are associated to the event: ak13444102.

In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days sixty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Every 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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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.6 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -151.5896° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 63.2358° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 11.7 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 126km NW of Talkeetna, Alaska Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2016-04-15 08:54:26 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2016-04-15 09:21:38 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -480 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 3.99 The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level green The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status automatic 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 326 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 0.87 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 ak13444102 Id of event.
Event Code 13444102 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ak13444102, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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