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Light earthquake, 4.5 mag strikes near Atka in Alaska


Earthquake location 52.2566S, -173.8693WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 23 km ENE of Atka, Alaska (14 miles). Global time and date of event 16/09/24 / 2024-09-16 16:01:20 / September 16, 2024 @ 4:01 pm UTC/GMT. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 16:01:20 / 4:01 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 earthquake, -173.8693° West, 52.2566° North, depth 95.514 km. Event id: us7000ne9g. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000ne9g, ak024by9995a. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 95.514 km (59 miles).

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 twenty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. 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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 23 km ENE of Atka, Alaska. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -173.8693° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 52.2566° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 95.514 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 23 km ENE 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 2024-09-16 16:01:20 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-09-16 16:57:27 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 2.7 The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI 3.487 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 312 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 105 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.209 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.74 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 59 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 us7000ne9g Id of event.
Event Code 7000ne9g An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000ne9g,ak024by9995a, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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