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Light earthquake, 4.3 mag has occurred near Kodiak in Alaska


Earthquake location 55.9986S, -149.4047WA light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 270 km SE of Kodiak, Alaska (168 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: ak18174692. Unique identifier: ak18174692. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 23/01/18 / 2018-01-23 10:10:14 / January 23, 2018 @ 10:10 am. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -149.4047 West, latitude 55.9986 North, depth = 5.8 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 5.8 km (4 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was reported at 00:10:14 / 12:10 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been three hundred and fourty-eight, in the last 10 days three hundred and fourty-eight, in the past 30 days three hundred and fourty-eight and in the last 365 days three hundred and fifty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 270 km SE of Kodiak, Alaska. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -149.4047° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 55.9986° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 5.8 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 270km SE of Kodiak, Alaska Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2018-01-23 10:10:14 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-01-29 17:59:35 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 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 284 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 ak18174692 Id of event.
Event Code 18174692 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ak18174692, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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