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Light earthquake, 4.1 mag has occurred near Gustavus in Alaska

Posted by admin on January 16, 2017 0 Comments

Earthquake location 58.155S, -136.8172WA light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) strikes 69 km WSW of Gustavus, Alaska (43 miles) on Monday. Exact time and date of earthquake 16/01/17 / 2017-01-16 20:53:37 / January 16, 2017 @ 8:53 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location, longitude -136.8172° West, latitude 58.155° North, depth = 10 km. The temblor was reported at 11:53:37 / 11:53 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: at00ojw4pe, ak15081176, us10007tk0. Id of event: us10007tk0. A tsunami warning has been issued near Gustavus in Alaska (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days nineteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. 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.

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 69 km WSW of Gustavus, Alaska.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -136.8172° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 58.155° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 69km WSW of Gustavus, Alaska Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2017-01-16 20:53:37 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2017-01-16 21:13:18 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -540 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 3.75 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 259 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,ak,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 1.117 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.1 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 156 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 us10007tk0 Id of event.
Event Code 10007tk0 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,at00ojw4pe,ak15081176,us10007tk0, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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