Light earthquake, 4.7 mag has occurred near Attu Station in Alaska

A light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 254 km SSE of Attu Station, Alaska (158 miles). Global time and date of event 11/09/20 / 2020-09-11 04:44:33 / September 11, 2020 @ 4:44 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was reported at 04:44:33 / 4:44 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, 173.9809° East, 50.611° North, depth 9.16 km. Id of earthquake: us7000bll3. Event ids that are associated: us7000bll3. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 9.16 km (6 miles).

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 two and in the last 365 days four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 254 km SSE of Attu Station, Alaska. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.7 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	173.9809° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	50.611° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	9.16 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	254 km SSE of Attu Station, Alaska	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2020-09-11 04:44:33	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2020-09-11 05:01:18	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	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	340	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	2.124	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.94 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	173	The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type	mb	The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type	earthquake	Type of seismic event.
Event ID	us7000bll3	Id of event.
Event Code	7000bll3	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us7000bll3,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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