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Light earthquake, 4.2 mag was detected near Sutton-Alpine in Alaska

Posted by admin on January 26, 2018 0 Comments

Earthquake location 62.1837S, -147.8231WA light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) strikes 69 km NE of Sutton-Alpine, Alaska (43 miles) on Thursday. Exact location of event, longitude -147.8231 West, latitude 62.1837 North, depth = 22.3 km. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 22:20:30 / 10:20 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 22.3 km (14 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 26/01/18 / 2018-01-26 07:20:30 / January 26, 2018 @ 7:20 am. All ids that are associated to the event: ak18197701. Unique identifier: ak18197701.

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days fourty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. 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.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 69 km NE of Sutton-Alpine, Alaska. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -147.8231° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 62.1837° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 22.3 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 69km NE of Sutton-Alpine, Alaska Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2018-01-26 07:20:30 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-01-26 07:30:04 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -540 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 11 The total number of felt reports
CDI 3.8 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 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 276 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 0.55 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 ak18197701 Id of event.
Event Code 18197701 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ak18197701, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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