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Light earthquake, 4.6 mag has occurred near Atka in Alaska


Earthquake location 52.7655S, -175.6008WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 114 km WNW of Atka, Alaska (71 miles). Global time and date of event 13/06/24 / 2024-06-13 14:04:57 / June 13, 2024 @ 2:04 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was reported at 14:04:57 / 2:04 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 235.401 km (146 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000ms55, ak0247l41bc4. Id of event: us7000ms55. Exact location of event, depth 235.401 km, -175.6008° West, 52.7655° North.

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, 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 has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 114 km WNW of Atka, Alaska. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.6 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -175.6008° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 52.7655° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 235.401 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 114 km WNW of Atka, Alaska Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-06-13 14:04:57 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-06-13 14:37:58 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 1.933 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 326 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 79 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.728 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.81 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 80 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mb The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us7000ms55 Id of event.
Event Code 7000ms55 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000ms55,ak0247l41bc4, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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