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Light earthquake: M4.7 quake has struck near Kenai Peninsula, Alaska


Earthquake location 60.2987S, -151.2589WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, Kenai Peninsula, Alaska kilometers (0 miles) from Kenai Peninsula, Alaska. Event id: ak0198go5nyc. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak0198go5nyc. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 61.7 km (38 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, -151.2589° West, 60.2987° North, depth 61.7 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 03/07/19 / 2019-07-03 22:29:25 / July 3, 2019 @ 10:29 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was picked up at 22:29:25 / 10:29 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Earthquake epicenter was 13 km (8 miles) from Kalifornsky (c. 7 900 pop), 28 km (18 miles) from Kenai (c. 7 100 pop), 38 km (24 miles) from Sterling (c. 5 600 pop), 75 km (46 miles) from Homer (c. 5 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Homer, Sterling, Kenai (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected).

Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes 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 four and in the last 365 days fourty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.

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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: Kenai Peninsula, Alaska.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.7 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -151.2589° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 60.2987° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 61.7 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place Kenai Peninsula, Alaska Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2019-07-03 22:29:25 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-07-03 22:32:05 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 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 340 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 0.71 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 ak0198go5nyc Id of event.
Event Code 0198go5nyc An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ak0198go5nyc, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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