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Light earthquake: M4.1 quake has struck near Akhiok in Alaska

Posted by admin on October 17, 2020 0 Comments

Earthquake location 56.2158S, -154.6522WA light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 86 km SSW of Akhiok, Alaska (53 miles). The temblor was reported at 09:17:58 / 9:17 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 27.1 km (17 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 17/10/20 / 2020-10-17 09:17:58 / October 17, 2020 @ 9:17 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -154.6522 West, latitude 56.2158 North, depth = 27.1 km. Event id: ak020ddeuntl. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak020ddeuntl. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days twenty-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. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.

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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. 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: 86 km SSW of Akhiok, Alaska.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -154.6522° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 56.2158° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 27.1 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 86 km SSW of Akhiok, Alaska Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-10-17 09:17:58 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-10-17 09:25:44 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 259 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 0.69 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 ak020ddeuntl Id of event.
Event Code 020ddeuntl An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ak020ddeuntl, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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