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Light earthquake, 4.2 mag was detected near Y in Alaska

Posted by admin on August 2, 2016 0 Comments

Earthquake location 62.0433S, -149.3921WA light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 27 kilometers (17 miles) from Y in Alaska. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: at00ob9ahp, us100069c8, ak13824636. Id of event: ak13824636. A tsunami warning has been issued near Y in Alaska (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 02/08/16 / 2016-08-02 00:25:01 / August 2, 2016 @ 12:25 am. The temblor was reported at 16:25:01 / 4:25 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -149.3921° West, latitude 62.0433° North, depth = 37 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 37 km (23 miles).

Epicenter of the earthquake was 81 km (50 miles) from Eagle River (c. 24 800 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Knik-Fairview (c. 14 900 pop), 49 km (30 miles) from Lakes (c. 8 400 pop), 46 km (29 miles) from Tanaina (c. 8 200 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Wasilla (c. 7 800 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Meadow Lakes (c. 7 600 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Elmendorf Air Force Base, Eagle River, Knik-Fairview. Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected).

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

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage 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 -149.3921° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 62.0433° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 37 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 00:56:29 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -480 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 45 The total number of felt reports
CDI 3.8 The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI 2.42 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 288 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,us,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 0.5 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 ak13824636 Id of event.
Event Code 13824636 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,at00ob9ahp,us100069c8,ak13824636, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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