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Light earthquake, 4.1 mag has occurred near Shishmaref in Alaska

Posted by admin on July 17, 2016 0 Comments

Earthquake location 65.6908S, -166.0894WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 63 km S of Shishmaref, Alaska (39 miles). A tsunami warning has been issued near Shishmaref in Alaska (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 18.5 km (11 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global time and date of event 17/07/16 / 2016-07-17 09:34:11 / July 17, 2016 @ 9:34 am UTC/GMT. Exact location, longitude -166.0894° West, latitude 65.6908° North, depth = 18.5 km. The 4.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 01:34:11 / 1:34 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: ak13760507. Event ids that are associated: at00oagd8z, ak13760507.

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days thirteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 63 km S of Shishmaref, Alaska.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -166.0894° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 65.6908° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 18.5 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 63km S of Shishmaref, Alaska Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2016-07-17 09:34:11 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2016-07-17 10:08:30 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -480 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 2 The total number of felt reports
CDI 2.2 The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI 4.16 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 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 259 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 0.82 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 ak13760507 Id of event.
Event Code 13760507 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,at00oagd8z,ak13760507, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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