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Light earthquake, 4.6 mag strikes near Kodiak Station in Alaska

Posted by admin on May 12, 2017 0 Comments

Earthquake location 56.8972S, -152.6528WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was reported 96 km S of Kodiak Station, Alaska (60 miles) on Thursday. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 18.7 km (12 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: at00opteji, ak16021874. Unique identifier: ak16021874. A tsunami warning has been issued near Kodiak Station in Alaska (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, -152.6528° West, 56.8972° North, depth 18.7 km. The temblor was reported at 14:54:58 / 2:54 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 12/05/17 / 2017-05-12 00:54:58 / May 12, 2017 @ 12:54 am.

Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 nineteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.

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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: 96 km S of Kodiak Station, Alaska.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.6 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -152.6528° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 56.8972° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 18.7 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 96km S of Kodiak Station, Alaska Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2017-05-12 00:54:58 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2017-05-12 01:04:57 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 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 326 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 0.79 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 ak16021874 Id of event.
Event Code 16021874 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,at00opteji,ak16021874, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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