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Light earthquake, 4.8 mag was detected near Adak in Alaska


Earthquake location 50.9705S, -179.2989WA light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 210 km WSW of Adak, Alaska (130 miles). The temblor was picked up at 15:02:35 / 3:02 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 21/02/21 / 2021-02-21 15:02:35 / February 21, 2021 @ 3:02 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 20.75 km (13 miles) below the earth’s surface. 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: us6000djwu. Unique identifier: us6000djwu. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -179.2989 West, latitude 50.9705 North, depth = 20.75 km.

Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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 fifteen, in the past 30 days seventeen and in the last 365 days one hundred and seventy earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 210 km WSW of Adak, Alaska. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.8 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -179.2989° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 50.9705° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 20.75 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 210 km WSW of Adak, Alaska Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2021-02-21 15:02:35 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2021-02-21 15:59:24 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 354 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 0.904 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.52 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 128 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 us6000djwu Id of event.
Event Code 6000djwu An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000djwu, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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