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Light earthquake, 4.9 mag strikes near Tanaga Volcano in Alaska

Posted by admin on March 23, 2020 0 Comments

Earthquake location 51.9336S, -177.7499WA light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 27 km ENE of Tanaga Volcano, Alaska (17 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 23/03/20 / 2020-03-23 12:25:55 / March 23, 2020 @ 12:25 pm UTC/GMT. The 4.9-magnitude earthquake was detected at 02:25:55 / 2:25 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 97.8 km (61 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, longitude -177.7499 West, latitude 51.9336 North, depth = 97.8 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us70008ei4. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us70008ei4.

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 one, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days two hundred and fifty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity 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: 27 km ENE of Tanaga Volcano, 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 -177.7499° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 51.9336° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 97.8 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 27km ENE of Tanaga Volcano, Alaska Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-03-23 12:25:55 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-03-23 12:45:56 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 369 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network us The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,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 0.378 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.01 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 114 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mww The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us70008ei4 Id of event.
Event Code 70008ei4 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us70008ei4, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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