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Light earthquake, 4.7 mag strikes near Lime Village in Alaska


Earthquake location 61.6925S, -154.4164WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was reported 65 km NE of Lime Village, Alaska (40 miles) on Sunday. The epicenter was at a depth of 35.2 km (22 miles). The temblor was reported at 00:35:23 / 12:35 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -154.4164 West, latitude 61.6925 North, depth = 35.2 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 19/07/20 / 2020-07-19 00:35:23 / July 19, 2020 @ 12:35 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: ak02098f8b3x. Unique identifier: ak02098f8b3x.

There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. 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 five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking 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: 65 km NE of Lime Village, Alaska. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.7 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -154.4164° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 61.6925° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 35.2 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 65 km NE of Lime Village, Alaska Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-07-19 00:35:23 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-07-19 00:42:16 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 0.66 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 ak02098f8b3x Id of event.
Event Code 02098f8b3x An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ak02098f8b3x, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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