Light earthquake, 4.3 mag was detected near Adak in Alaska

A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 266 km W of Adak, Alaska (165 miles). The epicenter was at a depth of 74.6 km (46 miles). Exact location of event, longitude 179.528 East, latitude 51.652 North, depth = 74.6 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 17/05/24 / 2024-05-17 18:54:35 / May 17, 2024 @ 6:54 pm. Id of earthquake: ak0246cj7cgc. Event ids that are associated: ak0246cj7cgc. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 18:54:35 / 6:54 pm (local time epicenter).

Every 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 two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 266 km W of Adak, Alaska. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.3 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	179.528° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	51.652° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	74.6 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	266 km W 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	2024-05-17 18:54:35	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-05-17 19:11:27	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	3.29	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	284	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	0.55 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	ak0246cj7cgc	Id of event.
Event Code	0246cj7cgc	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,ak0246cj7cgc,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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