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Light earthquake, 4.1 mag has occurred near Kaktovik in Alaska


Earthquake location 69.6781S, -144.1384WA light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) strikes 54 km SSW of Kaktovik, Alaska (34 miles) on Monday. Event id: us1000g8j0. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000g8j0, ak20102030. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 13/08/18 / 2018-08-13 23:53:11 / August 13, 2018 @ 11:53 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, -144.1384° West, 69.6781° North, depth 10 km. The temblor was reported at 14:53:11 / 2:53 pm (local time epicenter).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one hundred and eleven, in the last 10 days one hundred and eighty-eight, in the past 30 days one hundred and eighty-eight and in the last 365 days one hundred and ninety-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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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage 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: 54 km SSW of Kaktovik, Alaska. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -144.1384° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 69.6781° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 54km SSW of Kaktovik, Alaska Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2018-08-13 23:53:11 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-08-14 03:13:03 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 4.42 The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level green 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 259 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,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 2.265 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.96 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 124 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 us1000g8j0 Id of event.
Event Code 1000g8j0 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us1000g8j0,ak20102030, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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