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Light earthquake, 4.2 mag was detected near Amatignak Island in Alaska


Earthquake location 50.1416S, 179.2235WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 171 km SW of Amatignak Island, Alaska (106 miles). Exact location of event, longitude 179.2235 East, latitude 50.1416 North, depth = 27.43 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 19/06/16 / 2016-06-19 14:19:21 / June 19, 2016 @ 2:19 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 27.43 km (17 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: ak13664145, us200065fx. Unique identifier: us200065fx. The temblor was picked up at 02:19:21 / 2:19 am (local time epicenter).

There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days fifty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. 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. 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: 171 km SW of Amatignak Island, Alaska.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 179.2235° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 50.1416° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 27.43 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 171km SW of Amatignak Island, Alaska Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2016-06-19 14:19:21 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2016-07-13 16:34:48 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 720 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 271 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 ,ak,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 2.04 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.32 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 212 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 us200065fx Id of event.
Event Code 200065fx An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ak13664145,us200065fx, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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