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Light earthquake: M4.6 quake has struck near Akutan in Alaska


Earthquake location 53.58S, -164.9166WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was reported 83 km SE of Akutan, Alaska (52 miles) on Saturday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 37.744 km (23 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global time and date of event 13/07/24 / 2024-07-13 02:28:53 / July 13, 2024 @ 2:28 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, longitude -164.9166 West, latitude 53.58 North, depth = 37.744 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 02:28:53 / 2:28 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000mz02, ak0248yj5ni5. Id of event: us7000mz02.

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

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 83 km SE of Akutan, Alaska.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.6 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -164.9166° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 53.58° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 37.744 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 83 km SE of Akutan, Alaska Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-07-13 02:28:53 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-07-13 02:41:27 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 2.252 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 64 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.921 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.56 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 156 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 us7000mz02 Id of event.
Event Code 7000mz02 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000mz02,ak0248yj5ni5, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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