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Light earthquake 4.2 mag, 39 km ENE of Sterling, Alaska

Posted by admin on November 21, 2016 0 Comments

Earthquake location 60.7021S, -150.121WA light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 39 kilometers (24 miles) from Sterling in Alaska. A tsunami warning has been issued near Sterling in Alaska (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude -150.121° West, latitude 60.7021° North, depth = 39.7 km. Event id: ak14378171. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: at00oh0jps, ak14378171. The temblor was detected at 13:27:27 / 1:27 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 21/11/16 / 2016-11-21 22:27:27 / November 21, 2016 @ 10:27 pm. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 39.7 km (25 miles) below the earth’s surface.

Epicenter of the earthquake was 59 km (36 miles) from Anchorage (c. 291 800 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Eagle River (c. 24 800 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Kalifornsky (c. 7 900 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Kenai (c. 7 100 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Elmendorf Air Force Base (c. 6 600 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from Sterling (c. 5 600 pop). Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Eagle River, Kalifornsky, Elmendorf Air Force Base (min 5000 pop).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days fifty-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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 39 km ENE of Sterling, Alaska.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -150.121° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 60.7021° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 39.7 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 39km ENE of Sterling, Alaska Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2016-11-21 22:27:27 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2016-11-21 22:36:35 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -540 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 14 The total number of felt reports
CDI 3.4 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 automatic 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 276 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 0.75 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 ak14378171 Id of event.
Event Code 14378171 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,at00oh0jps,ak14378171, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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