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Light earthquake 4.4 mag, 86 km SSW of Arctic Village, Alaska


Earthquake location 67.4369S, -146.456WA light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 86 km SSW of Arctic Village, Alaska (53 miles). The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 16:40:07 / 4:40 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us1000e2je. Unique identifier: us1000e2je. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, -146.456° West, 67.4369° North, depth 10 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 11/05/18 / 2018-05-11 01:40:07 / May 11, 2018 @ 1:40 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).

Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days five 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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 86 km SSW of Arctic Village, Alaska.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -146.456° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 67.4369° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 86km SSW of Arctic Village, Alaska Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2018-05-11 01:40:07 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-05-11 01:59:45 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -540 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 298 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 0.557 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.95 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 25 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 us1000e2je Id of event.
Event Code 1000e2je An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us1000e2je, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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