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Light earthquake, 4.4 mag was detected near Perryville in Alaska


Earthquake location 54.7417S, -156.8815WA light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 193 km SE of Perryville, Alaska (120 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 0 km (0 miles) below the earth’s surface. Id of earthquake: ak0246srm0bs. Event ids that are associated: ak0246srm0bs. Global time and date of event 27/05/24 / 2024-05-27 00:12:34 / May 27, 2024 @ 12:12 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -156.8815 West, latitude 54.7417 North, depth = 0 km. The temblor was reported at 00:12:34 / 12:12 am (local time epicenter).

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 three and in the last 365 days four 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: 193 km SE of Perryville, Alaska. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -156.8815° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 54.7417° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 0 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 193 km SE of Perryville, Alaska Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-05-27 00:12:34 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-05-27 00:18:18 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 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 automatic 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 298 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 0.8 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 ak0246srm0bs Id of event.
Event Code 0246srm0bs An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ak0246srm0bs, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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