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Light earthquake, 4.1 mag has occurred near Tanaga Volcano in Alaska


Earthquake location 52.0077S, -177.4963WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was reported 46 km ENE of Tanaga Volcano, Alaska (29 miles) on Tuesday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 21.76 km (14 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 02/05/17 / 2017-05-02 11:51:44 / May 2, 2017 @ 11:51 am. Exact location of event, depth 21.76 km, -177.4963° West, 52.0077° North. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us10008mym. Ids that are associated to the event: us10008mym, ak15870971. The temblor was picked up at 01:51:44 / 1:51 am (local time epicenter).

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

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 46 km ENE of Tanaga Volcano, Alaska. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -177.4963° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 52.0077° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 21.76 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 46km ENE of Tanaga Volcano, Alaska Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2017-05-02 11:51:44 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2017-05-02 12:22:52 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -600 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 3.76 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 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 ,us,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 0.263 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.97 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 136 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mb The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us10008mym Id of event.
Event Code 10008mym An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us10008mym,ak15870971, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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