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Light earthquake, 4.2 mag was detected near Atka in Alaska


Earthquake location 52.9838S, -174.1728WA light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 87 km N of Atka, Alaska (54 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 13:36:51 / 1:36 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 22.2 km (14 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 07/09/16 / 2016-09-07 01:36:51 / September 7, 2016 @ 1:36 am. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -174.1728 West, latitude 52.9838 North, depth = 22.2 km. All ids that are associated to the event: ak13920804. Unique identifier: ak13920804.

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. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days fourty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 87 km N of Atka, Alaska. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -174.1728° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 52.9838° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 22.2 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 87km N of Atka, Alaska Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2016-09-07 01:36:51 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2016-09-08 00:48:05 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -720 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt The total number of felt reports
CDI 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 ak The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,ak, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 26 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.66116 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.02 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 176.399985888 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 ak13920804 Id of event.
Event Code 13920804 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ak13920804, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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