Light earthquake: M4.3 quake has struck near Adak in Alaska

A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 271 km W of Adak, Alaska (168 miles). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 188.247 km (117 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global time and date of event 28/09/24 / 2024-09-28 13:33:19 / September 28, 2024 @ 1:33 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was reported at 13:33:19 / 1:33 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: us7000ngzg. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000ngzg. Exact location, longitude 179.4216° East, latitude 51.993° North, depth = 188.247 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

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 fourty 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. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.

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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: 271 km W of Adak, Alaska. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.3 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	179.4216° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	51.993° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	188.247 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	271 km W 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	2024-09-28 13:33:19	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-09-28 13:44:38	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		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	284	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,	A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used	29	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.096	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.76 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	81	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	us7000ngzg	Id of event.
Event Code	7000ngzg	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us7000ngzg,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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