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Light earthquake: M4.4 quake has struck near Kiska Volcano in Alaska

Posted by admin on June 9, 2016 0 Comments

Earthquake location 52.0127S, 177.1108WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 35 km WSW of Kiska Volcano, Alaska (22 miles) on Wednesday. The temblor was reported at 23:35:36 / 11:35 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, 177.1108° East, 52.0127° North, depth 32.19 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 32.19 km (20 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global time and date of event 09/06/16 / 2016-06-09 08:35:36 / June 9, 2016 @ 8:35 am UTC/GMT. Id of earthquake: us2000631e. Event ids that are associated: us2000631e.

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

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 35 km WSW of Kiska Volcano, Alaska.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 177.1108° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 52.0127° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 32.19 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 35km WSW of Kiska Volcano, Alaska Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2016-06-09 08:35:36 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2016-06-09 08:52:43 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 298 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 1.979 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.89 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 202 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 us2000631e Id of event.
Event Code 2000631e An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us2000631e, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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