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Light earthquake 4.1 mag, 5 km ESE of Semisopochnoi Island, Alaska


Earthquake location 51.9293S, 179.67WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 5 km ESE of Semisopochnoi Island, Alaska (3 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 21:09:12 / 9:09 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 67.1 km (42 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of earthquake 13/02/19 / 2019-02-13 07:09:12 / February 13, 2019 @ 7:09 am UTC/GMT. All ids that are associated to the event: ak01920vvad9. Unique identifier: ak01920vvad9. Exact location of earthquake, 179.67° East, 51.9293° North, depth 67.1 km.

In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days seventy-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. 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.

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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: 5 km ESE of Semisopochnoi Island, Alaska.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 179.67° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 51.9293° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 67.1 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 5km ESE of Semisopochnoi Island, Alaska Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2019-02-13 07:09:12 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-03-01 00:39:15 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -600 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 259 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 0.64 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 ak01920vvad9 Id of event.
Event Code 01920vvad9 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ak01920vvad9, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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