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Light earthquake, 4 mag was detected near Tanaga Volcano in Alaska


Earthquake location 51.6552S, -178.4953WA light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 35 km SW of Tanaga Volcano, Alaska (22 miles). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 7.4 km (5 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 12:27:02 / 12:27 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 08/05/17 / 2017-05-08 22:27:02 / May 8, 2017 @ 10:27 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -178.4953 West, latitude 51.6552 North, depth = 7.4 km. Event id: ak15997372. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak15997372.

In the past 24 hours, there have been thirty-two, in the last 10 days fourty-nine, in the past 30 days fifty-three and in the last 365 days one hundred and seventy-six 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. 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 35 km SW of Tanaga Volcano, Alaska. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -178.4953° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 51.6552° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 7.4 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 35km SW 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 2017-05-08 22:27:02 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2017-05-09 01:20:11 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 2.86 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 0.72 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 ak15997372 Id of event.
Event Code 15997372 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ak15997372, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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