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Light earthquake, 4.1 mag was detected near Unalaska in Alaska


Earthquake location 53.1145S, -167.123WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was reported 93 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska (58 miles) on Sunday. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 06/10/24 / 2024-10-06 03:33:45 / October 6, 2024 @ 3:33 am. The temblor was detected at 03:33:45 / 3:33 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us6000nwtw. Unique identifier: us6000nwtw. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 51.913 km (32 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -167.123 West, latitude 53.1145 North, depth = 51.913 km.

In the past 24 hours, there have been seven, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days thirty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 93 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -167.123° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 53.1145° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 51.913 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 93 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-10-06 03:33:45 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-10-06 04:04:01 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 2 The total number of felt reports
CDI 3.8 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 259 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 47 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.559 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 165 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 us6000nwtw Id of event.
Event Code 6000nwtw An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000nwtw, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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