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Light earthquake, 4 mag has occurred near Chernabura Island in Alaska

Posted by admin on December 14, 2017 0 Comments

Earthquake location 54.3603S, -159.5104WA light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) strikes 47 km S of Chernabura Island, Alaska (29 miles) on Thursday. The epicenter was at a depth of 24.26 km (15 miles). Exact location of earthquake, -159.5104° West, 54.3603° North, depth 24.26 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 14/12/17 / 2017-12-14 14:36:27 / December 14, 2017 @ 2:36 pm. The temblor was reported at 03:36:27 / 3:36 am (local time epicenter). 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: us2000c4c4. Unique identifier: us2000c4c4.

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 one, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days thirty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 47 km S of Chernabura Island, Alaska. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -159.5104° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 54.3603° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 24.26 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 47km S of Chernabura Island, Alaska Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2017-12-14 14:36:27 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2017-12-14 15:22:51 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 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 ,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 0.474 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.94 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 211 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 us2000c4c4 Id of event.
Event Code 2000c4c4 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us2000c4c4, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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