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Light earthquake, 4 mag was detected near False Pass in Alaska

Posted by admin on January 5, 2017 0 Comments

Earthquake location 52.8468S, -162.9064WA light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 225 km S of False Pass, Alaska (140 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -162.9064 West, latitude 52.8468 North, depth = 29.3 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 01:46:44 / 1:46 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 29.3 km (18 miles). Event id: ak14810796. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak14810796. Global time and date of event 28/12/16 / 2016-12-28 12:46:44 / December 28, 2016 @ 12:46 pm UTC/GMT.

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days one hundred and seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.

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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: 225 km S of False Pass, Alaska.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -162.9064° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 52.8468° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 29.3 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 225km S of False Pass, Alaska Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2016-12-28 12:46:44 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2017-01-05 23:36:07 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -660 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 246 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 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 ak14810796 Id of event.
Event Code 14810796 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ak14810796, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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