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Light earthquake, 4.4 mag strikes near Nikolski in Alaska

Posted by admin on August 30, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location 52.6166S, -168.7478WA light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 36 km SSE of Nikolski, Alaska (22 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -168.7478 West, latitude 52.6166 North, depth = 41.343 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak024b66fres, us6000nnqj. Id of event: us6000nnqj. Exact time and date of earthquake 30/08/24 / 2024-08-30 18:21:57 / August 30, 2024 @ 6:21 pm UTC/GMT. 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 41.343 km (26 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was detected at 18:21:57 / 6:21 pm (local time epicenter).

Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. 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 five and in the last 365 days fifty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.

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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. 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: 36 km SSE of Nikolski, Alaska.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -168.7478° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 52.6166° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 41.343 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 36 km SSE of Nikolski, Alaska Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-08-30 18:21:57 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-08-30 21:30:34 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 2 The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI 2.6 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 298 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 170 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.362 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.7 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 62 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 us6000nnqj Id of event.
Event Code 6000nnqj An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ak024b66fres,us6000nnqj, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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