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Light earthquake 4.9 mag, 72 km SSW of Kobuk, Alaska

Posted by admin on February 10, 2019 0 Comments

Earthquake location 66.3293S, -157.6404WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) was reported 72 km SSW of Kobuk, Alaska (45 miles) on Sunday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 15 km (9 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4.9-magnitude earthquake was detected at 04:35:49 / 4:35 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 10/02/19 / 2019-02-10 13:35:49 / February 10, 2019 @ 1:35 pm. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak0191w0zgvv, us2000jfy9. Id of event: ak0191w0zgvv. Exact location of earthquake, -157.6404° West, 66.3293° North, depth 15 km.

Each 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. 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 six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.

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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 72 km SSW of Kobuk, Alaska. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.9 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -157.6404° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 66.3293° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 15 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 72km SSW of Kobuk, Alaska Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2019-02-10 13:35:49 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-02-10 13:51:05 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 5.1 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 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 369 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 1.06 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 ak0191w0zgvv Id of event.
Event Code 0191w0zgvv An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ak0191w0zgvv,us2000jfy9, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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