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Light earthquake, 4 mag strikes near Cordova in Alaska


Earthquake location 58.778S, -145.5919WA light earthquake with magnitude 4 (ml/mb) was reported 196 km S of Cordova, Alaska (122 miles) on Tuesday. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 29.3 km (18 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -145.5919 West, latitude 58.778 North, depth = 29.3 km. Event id: ak0246ivoo6p. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak0246ivoo6p. The 4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 02:30:47 / 2:30 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 21/05/24 / 2024-05-21 02:30:47 / May 21, 2024 @ 2:30 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

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 two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days two 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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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. 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: 196 km S of Cordova, Alaska.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -145.5919° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 58.778° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 29.3 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 196 km S of Cordova, Alaska Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-05-21 02:30:47 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-05-21 02:43:52 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 1.816 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 246 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 0.73 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 ak0246ivoo6p Id of event.
Event Code 0246ivoo6p An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ak0246ivoo6p, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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