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


Earthquake location 51.5869S, -178.5216WA light earthquake with magnitude 4 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 42 km SW of Tanaga Volcano, Alaska (26 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 07/05/17 / 2017-05-07 12:03:02 / May 7, 2017 @ 12:03 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The 4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 02:03:02 / 2:03 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -178.5216 West, latitude 51.5869 North, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: ak15959950, us10008vqp. Unique identifier: us10008vqp.

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

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 42 km SW of Tanaga Volcano, Alaska.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -178.5216° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 51.5869° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 42km 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 2017-05-07 12:03:02 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2017-06-02 06:36:53 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 2.83 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 us The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,ak,us, 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 0.241 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.63 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 185 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 us10008vqp Id of event.
Event Code 10008vqp An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ak15959950,us10008vqp, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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