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Light earthquake, 4.4 mag was detected near Kaktovik in Alaska

Posted by admin on August 14, 2018 0 Comments

Earthquake location 69.5489S, -144.7643WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 78 km SW of Kaktovik, Alaska (48 miles) on Tuesday. Event id: ak20102929. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak20102929. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 13.2 km (8 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of earthquake 14/08/18 / 2018-08-14 16:53:10 / August 14, 2018 @ 4:53 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 07:53:10 / 7:53 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 13.2 km, -144.7643° West, 69.5489° North.

In the past 24 hours, there have been thirty-two, in the last 10 days two hundred and five, in the past 30 days two hundred and five and in the last 365 days two hundred and nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes 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. 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: 78 km SW of Kaktovik, Alaska.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -144.7643° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 69.5489° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 13.2 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 78km SW 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 2018-08-14 16:53:10 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-08-14 17:06:55 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 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 0.44 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 ak20102929 Id of event.
Event Code 20102929 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ak20102929, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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