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Light earthquake 4.2 mag, 98 km SSE of Old Iliamna, Alaska

Posted by admin on February 12, 2020 0 Comments

Earthquake location 58.8971S, -154.4617WA light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) strikes 98 km SSE of Old Iliamna, Alaska (61 miles) on Wednesday. A tsunami warning has been issued near Old Iliamna in Alaska (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, -154.4617° West, 58.8971° North, depth 114.9 km. Unique identifier: ak0201zcjff3. Ids that are associated to the event: at00q5lear, ak0201zcjff3. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 12/02/20 / 2020-02-12 14:16:03 / February 12, 2020 @ 2:16 pm. The temblor was detected at 05:16:03 / 5:16 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 114.9 km (71 miles) below the earth’s surface.

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days fourty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 98 km SSE of Old Iliamna, Alaska.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -154.4617° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 58.8971° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 114.9 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 98km SSE of Old Iliamna, Alaska Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-02-12 14:16:03 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-02-12 14:22:28 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 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 1 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 271 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 ,at,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 0.85 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 ak0201zcjff3 Id of event.
Event Code 0201zcjff3 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,at00q5lear,ak0201zcjff3, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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