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Light earthquake, 4.5 mag strikes near Gustavus in Alaska

Posted by admin on January 16, 2017 0 Comments

Earthquake location 57.9222S, -136.7931WA light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) strikes 82 km SW of Gustavus, Alaska (51 miles) on Monday. Exact location, longitude -136.7931° West, latitude 57.9222° North, depth = 22.6 km. A tsunami warning has been issued near Gustavus in Alaska (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 22.6 km (14 miles) below the earth’s surface. Unique identifier: ak15081582. Ids that are associated to the event: at00ojw6uz, ak15081582. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 16/01/17 / 2017-01-16 21:40:11 / January 16, 2017 @ 9:40 pm. The temblor was picked up at 12:40:11 / 12:40 pm (local time epicenter).

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

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 82 km SW of Gustavus, Alaska.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -136.7931° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 57.9222° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 22.6 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 82km SW 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 21:56:27 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 3.84 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 312 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 0.88 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 ak15081582 Id of event.
Event Code 15081582 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,at00ojw6uz,ak15081582, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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