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Light earthquake 4.9 mag, 167 km SW of Nikolski, Alaska


Earthquake location 52.0229S, -170.8132WA light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 167 km SW of Nikolski, Alaska (104 miles). Global time and date of event 19/05/24 / 2024-05-19 11:21:15 / May 19, 2024 @ 11:21 am UTC/GMT. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak0246fpwwul. Id of event: ak0246fpwwul. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude -170.8132° West, latitude 52.0229° North, depth = 25.6 km. The temblor was picked up at 11:21:15 / 11:21 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 25.6 km (16 miles) below the earth’s surface.

Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days nine, in the past 30 days fourty-five and in the last 365 days fourty-six 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.

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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 167 km SW of Nikolski, Alaska.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.9 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -170.8132° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 52.0229° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 25.6 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 167 km SW 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 2024-05-19 11:21:15 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-05-19 11:42:00 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 1.449 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 369 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 0.76 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 ak0246fpwwul Id of event.
Event Code 0246fpwwul An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ak0246fpwwul, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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