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Light earthquake, 4.8 mag strikes near Manley Hot Springs in Alaska

Posted by admin on August 28, 2018 0 Comments

Earthquake location 65.1778S, -150.4964WA light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) strikes 22 km NNE of Manley Hot Springs, Alaska (14 miles) on Tuesday. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 28/08/18 / 2018-08-28 15:18:44 / August 28, 2018 @ 3:18 pm. The temblor was reported at 06:18:44 / 6:18 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 16 km (10 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: ak20237124, us1000gixx. Unique identifier: ak20237124. Exact location of event, longitude -150.4964 West, latitude 65.1778 North, depth = 16 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

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

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 22 km NNE of Manley Hot Springs, Alaska.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.8 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -150.4964° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 65.1778° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 16 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 22km NNE of Manley Hot Springs, Alaska Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2018-08-28 15:18:44 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-08-28 15:30:32 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -540 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 4 The total number of felt reports
CDI 3.1 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 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 356 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,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 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.9 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 ak20237124 Id of event.
Event Code 20237124 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ak20237124,us1000gixx, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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