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Light earthquake: M4 quake has struck near northern Alaska


Earthquake location 65.578S, -166.7269WA light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) strikes northern Alaska (0 miles) on Wednesday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 2.8 km (2 miles). The temblor was picked up at 11:59:26 / 11:59 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak20385802, us1000huwr. Id of event: ak20385802. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 21/11/18 / 2018-11-21 11:59:26 / November 21, 2018 @ 11:59 am. Exact location of event, depth 2.8 km, -166.7269° West, 65.578° North. 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 five, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days fourteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: northern Alaska. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -166.7269° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 65.578° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 2.8 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place northern Alaska Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2018-11-21 11:59:26 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-11-21 12:28:22 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 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 3.99 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 246 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 0.71 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 ak20385802 Id of event.
Event Code 20385802 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ak20385802,us1000huwr, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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