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Light earthquake, 4.2 mag was detected near Gustavus in Alaska


Earthquake location 58.088S, -136.91WA light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 77 km WSW of Gustavus, Alaska (48 miles). A tsunami warning has been issued near Gustavus in Alaska (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 12:40:11 / 12:40 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 12 km (7 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global time and date of event 16/01/17 / 2017-01-16 21:40:11 / January 16, 2017 @ 9:40 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location, longitude -136.91° West, latitude 58.088° North, depth = 12 km. Id of earthquake: at00ojw6uz. Event ids that are associated: at00ojw6uz.

In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days nineteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.

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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: 77 km WSW of Gustavus, 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 -136.91° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 58.088° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 12 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 77km 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 21:40:11 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2017-01-16 21:43:10 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 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 271 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network at The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,at, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 22 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.189369 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.05 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 161.99998704 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 at00ojw6uz Id of event.
Event Code 00ojw6uz An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,at00ojw6uz, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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