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Light earthquake, 4.2 mag was detected near Kaktovik in Alaska

Posted by admin on August 30, 2018 0 Comments

Earthquake location 69.6325S, -144.2293WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 60 km SSW of Kaktovik, Alaska (37 miles). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 1.7 km (1 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was picked up at 13:49:51 / 1:49 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 30/08/18 / 2018-08-30 22:49:51 / August 30, 2018 @ 10:49 pm. All ids that are associated to the event: ak20238453. Unique identifier: ak20238453. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -144.2293 West, latitude 69.6325 North, depth = 1.7 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 three, in the last 10 days seventy-two, in the past 30 days four hundred and thirty-six and in the last 365 days four hundred and fourty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.

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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: 60 km SSW of Kaktovik, Alaska.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -144.2293° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 69.6325° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 1.7 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 60km 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 2018-08-30 22:49:51 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-08-30 22:56:06 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 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 271 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 0.85 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 ak20238453 Id of event.
Event Code 20238453 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ak20238453, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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