Light earthquake, 4.3 mag was detected near Ninilchik in Alaska

A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 45 kilometers (28 miles) from Ninilchik in Alaska. The temblor was picked up at 18:12:14 / 6:12 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 27/07/24 / 2024-07-27 18:12:14 / July 27, 2024 @ 6:12 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has been issued near Ninilchik in Alaska (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude -152.3001 West, latitude 60.312 North, depth = 85.8 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 85.8 km (53 miles). Id of earthquake: ak0249ly3xrw. Event ids that are associated: ak0249ly3xrw, at00shanwd.

Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sterling, Homer, Kenai (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 57 km (35 miles) from Kalifornsky (c. 7 900 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Kenai (c. 7 100 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Sterling (c. 5 600 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Homer (c. 5 000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days nineteen 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. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.

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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 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: 45 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska.

Alaska Homer Kalifornsky Kenai Ninilchik Sterling United States

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.3 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-152.3001° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	60.312° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	85.8 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	45 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2024-07-27 18:12:14	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-07-27 18:19:02	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset		Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	3	The total number of felt reports
CDI	2.2	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	reviewed	Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami	1	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	285	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,at,	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	0.54 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	ak0249ly3xrw	Id of event.
Event Code	0249ly3xrw	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,ak0249ly3xrw,at00shanwd,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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