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Light earthquake, 4.2 mag strikes near Y in Alaska

Posted by admin on August 2, 2016 0 Comments

Earthquake location 62.0473S, -149.3731WA light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) strikes 27 kilometers (17 miles) from Y in Alaska on Monday. A tsunami warning has been issued near Y in Alaska (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: at00ob9ahp, us100069c8. Id of event: us100069c8. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 39.82 km (25 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 16:25:01 / 4:25 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -149.3731 West, latitude 62.0473 North, depth = 39.82 km. Global time and date of event 02/08/16 / 2016-08-02 00:25:01 / August 2, 2016 @ 12:25 am UTC/GMT.

The epicenter was 81 km (51 miles) from Eagle River (c. 24 800 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Knik-Fairview (c. 14 900 pop), 49 km (30 miles) from Lakes (c. 8 400 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Tanaina (c. 8 200 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Wasilla (c. 7 800 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Meadow Lakes (c. 7 600 pop). Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Elmendorf Air Force Base, Eagle River, Knik-Fairview.

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

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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. 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: 27 km ESE of Y, Alaska.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -149.3731° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 62.0473° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 39.82 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 27km ESE of Y, Alaska Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2016-08-02 00:25:01 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2016-08-02 00:39:05 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -480 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 32 The total number of felt reports
CDI 3.8 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 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 284 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 ,at,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 0.348 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.51 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 21 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 us100069c8 Id of event.
Event Code 100069c8 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,at00ob9ahp,us100069c8, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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