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Light earthquake, 4.8 mag strikes near Cold Bay in Alaska

Posted by admin on June 29, 2016 0 Comments

Earthquake location 54.7292S, -161.7761WA light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 79 km SE of Cold Bay, Alaska (49 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -161.7761 West, latitude 54.7292 North, depth = 46 km. Unique identifier: ak13732334. Ids that are associated to the event: at00o9j96v, ak13732334. Global time and date of event 29/06/16 / 2016-06-29 12:25:44 / June 29, 2016 @ 12:25 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has been issued near Cold Bay in Alaska (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 01:25:44 / 1:25 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 46 km (29 miles) below the earth’s surface.

In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days seventy-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. 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.

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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 79 km SE of Cold Bay, Alaska. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.8 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -161.7761° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 54.7292° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 46 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 79km SE of Cold Bay, Alaska Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2016-06-29 12:25:44 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2016-06-29 13:01:51 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -660 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 3.91 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 1 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 354 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 ,at,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 0.9 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 ak13732334 Id of event.
Event Code 13732334 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,at00o9j96v,ak13732334, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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