Light earthquake 4.6 mag, 61 km WNW of Tanana, Alaska

A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) strikes 61 km WNW of Tanana, Alaska (38 miles) on Monday. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 06:24:14 / 6:24 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 11.5 km, -153.3526° West, 65.3974° North. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 11.5 km (7 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: ak0194ibqout. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak0194ibqout, us2000kcb5. Exact time and date of earthquake 08/04/19 / 2019-04-08 15:24:14 / April 8, 2019 @ 3:24 pm UTC/GMT.

In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days twelve earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred 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 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: 61 km WNW of Tanana, Alaska.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.6 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-153.3526° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	65.3974° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	11.5 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	61km WNW of Tanana, Alaska	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2019-04-08 15:24:14	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2019-04-08 15:43:47	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	5.24	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	326	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	0.95 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	ak0194ibqout	Id of event.
Event Code	0194ibqout	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,ak0194ibqout,us2000kcb5,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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