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Light earthquake, 4.1 mag has occurred near Attu Station in Alaska


Earthquake location 53.6242S, 170.9643WA light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 171 km WNW of Attu Station, Alaska (106 miles). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 41 km (25 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 15:48:24 / 3:48 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 170.9643 East, latitude 53.6242 North, depth = 41 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 18/07/17 / 2017-07-18 04:48:24 / July 18, 2017 @ 4:48 am. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak16348587. Id of event: ak16348587.

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

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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 171 km WNW of Attu Station, Alaska.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 170.9643° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 53.6242° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 41 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 171km WNW of Attu 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 2017-07-18 04:48:24 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2017-07-18 17:29:04 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 660 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 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 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 1.15 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 ak16348587 Id of event.
Event Code 16348587 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ak16348587, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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