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Light earthquake, 4.3 mag was detected near Anchor Point in Alaska


Earthquake location 59.9765S, -152.749WA light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 56 kilometers (35 miles) from Anchor Point in Alaska on Friday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 88.7 km (55 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has been issued near Anchor Point in Alaska (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 09:29:32 / 9:29 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: ak0245p867wh. Ids that are associated to the event: ak0245p867wh, at00scwl17, us6000mvxz. Exact location of event, depth 88.7 km, -152.749° West, 59.9765° North. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 03/05/24 / 2024-05-03 09:29:32 / May 3, 2024 @ 9:29 am.

Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 77 km (48 miles) from Homer (c. 5 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Homer (min 5000 pop).

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 six, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 56 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -152.749° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 59.9765° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 88.7 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 56 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-05-03 09:29:32 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-05-08 06:33:29 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 102 The total number of felt reports
CDI 3.4 The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI 3.362 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 1 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 319 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,at,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 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.48 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 ak0245p867wh Id of event.
Event Code 0245p867wh An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ak0245p867wh,at00scwl17,us6000mvxz, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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