Light earthquake 4.6 mag, 150 km NNE of Atka, Alaska

A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 150 km NNE of Atka, Alaska (93 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us7000c9s9. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000c9s9. Exact time and date of earthquake 28/10/20 / 2020-10-28 04:14:31 / October 28, 2020 @ 4:14 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, longitude -173.291 West, latitude 53.4313 North, depth = 306.81 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 306.81 km (191 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was reported at 04:14:31 / 4:14 am (local time epicenter).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days thirteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes 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: 150 km NNE of Atka, Alaska.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.6 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-173.291° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	53.4313° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	306.81 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	150 km NNE of Atka, Alaska	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2020-10-28 04:14:31	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2020-11-23 03:42:02	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	326	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	7.629	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.78 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	92	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	us7000c9s9	Id of event.
Event Code	7000c9s9	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us7000c9s9,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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