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Light earthquake: M4.6 quake has struck near Nikolski in Alaska

Posted by admin on May 18, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location 52.9276S, -170.1879WA light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 89 km W of Nikolski, Alaska (55 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 14/05/24 / 2024-05-14 13:49:47 / May 14, 2024 @ 1:49 pm. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 13:49:47 / 1:49 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 82.606 km (51 miles). Exact location of earthquake, -170.1879° West, 52.9276° North, depth 82.606 km. Unique identifier: us6000myi8. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000myi8, ak02467hl3dg.

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days seventeen and in the last 365 days seventeen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. 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 information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 89 km W of Nikolski, Alaska.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.6 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -170.1879° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 52.9276° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 82.606 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 89 km W of Nikolski, Alaska Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-05-14 13:49:47 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-05-14 19:12:14 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 3.426 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,ak, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 193 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.109 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 34 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mww The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us6000myi8 Id of event.
Event Code 6000myi8 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000myi8,ak02467hl3dg, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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