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Light earthquake, 4.5 mag strikes near False Pass in Alaska


Earthquake location 53.6329S, -163.5571WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 136 km S of False Pass, Alaska (85 miles). Global time and date of event 24/05/24 / 2024-05-24 07:16:43 / May 24, 2024 @ 7:16 am UTC/GMT. Exact location, longitude -163.5571° West, latitude 53.6329° North, depth = 15.111 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 07:16:43 / 7:16 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 15.111 km (9 miles). Unique identifier: us6000n0nc. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000n0nc, ak0246nx6vv8.

In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 136 km S of False Pass, Alaska. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -163.5571° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 53.6329° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 15.111 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 136 km S of False Pass, Alaska Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-05-24 07:16:43 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-05-24 08:43:48 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 1.569 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 312 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 71 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.229 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.85 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 136 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mwr The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us6000n0nc Id of event.
Event Code 6000n0nc An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000n0nc,ak0246nx6vv8, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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