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Light earthquake, 4.8 mag has occurred near Adak in Alaska


Earthquake location 51.8306S, -176.1926WA light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 30 km E of Adak, Alaska (19 miles). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 57.184 km (36 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was detected at 17:24:02 / 5:24 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude -176.1926 West, latitude 51.8306 North, depth = 57.184 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 20/06/24 / 2024-06-20 17:24:02 / June 20, 2024 @ 5:24 pm. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak0247wqp7ld, us7000mtm3. Id of event: us7000mtm3.

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

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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. 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: 30 km E of Adak, Alaska.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.8 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -176.1926° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 51.8306° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 57.184 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 30 km E of Adak, Alaska Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-06-20 17:24:02 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-06-20 17:41:33 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 1 The total number of felt reports
CDI 5.3 The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI 3.428 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 355 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 ,ak,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 76 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.277 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 129 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 us7000mtm3 Id of event.
Event Code 7000mtm3 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ak0247wqp7ld,us7000mtm3, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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