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Light earthquake, 4.5 mag has occurred near Homer in Alaska

Posted by admin on July 13, 2018 0 Comments

Earthquake location 59.3337S, -151.2176WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was reported 39 kilometers (24 miles) from Homer in Alaska on Friday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 34.5 km (21 miles). Exact location, longitude -151.2176° West, latitude 59.3337° North, depth = 34.5 km. The temblor was reported at 09:54:35 / 9:54 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has been issued near Homer in Alaska (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: at00pbtj6z, ak19863750. Id of event: ak19863750. Global time and date of event 13/07/18 / 2018-07-13 18:54:35 / July 13, 2018 @ 6:54 pm UTC/GMT.

Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Homer (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 39 km (24 miles) from Homer (c. 5 000 pop). Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected).

There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days sixty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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: 39 km SSE of Homer, Alaska. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -151.2176° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 59.3337° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 34.5 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 39km SSE of Homer, Alaska Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2018-07-13 18:54:35 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-07-13 18:57:23 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 automatic Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami 1 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 ,at,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 0.31 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 ak19863750 Id of event.
Event Code 19863750 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,at00pbtj6z,ak19863750, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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