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Light earthquake, 4.5 mag has occurred near Amatignak Island in Alaska


Earthquake location 51.0552S, 179.9897WA light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 67 km WSW of Amatignak Island, Alaska (42 miles). The temblor was picked up at 05:13:53 / 5:13 am (local time epicenter). Event id: ak19242512. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak19242512. Exact location of event, depth 26.2 km, 179.9897° East, 51.0552° North. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 26.2 km (16 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 18/04/18 / 2018-04-18 17:13:53 / April 18, 2018 @ 5:13 pm. 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 one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days eighty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.

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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 67 km WSW of Amatignak Island, Alaska. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 179.9897° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 51.0552° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 26.2 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 67km WSW of Amatignak 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 2018-04-18 17:13:53 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-04-18 22:23:30 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 720 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 312 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 0.89 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 ak19242512 Id of event.
Event Code 19242512 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ak19242512, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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