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Light earthquake 4.1 mag, 175 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska


Earthquake location 55.5166S, -155.9639WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was reported 175 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska (109 miles) on Monday. Exact location of earthquake, -155.9639° West, 55.5166° North, depth 28.4 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 28.4 km (18 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 28/10/24 / 2024-10-28 20:03:59 / October 28, 2024 @ 8:03 pm. All ids that are associated to the event: us7000nnp1, ak024dvs88t2. Unique identifier: ak024dvs88t2. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 20:03:59 / 8:03 pm (local time epicenter).

Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days twenty-eight 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.

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking 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: 175 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -155.9639° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 55.5166° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 28.4 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 175 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-10-28 20:03:59 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-10-28 20:23:54 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 2.777 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 ak 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 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 0.65 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 ak024dvs88t2 Id of event.
Event Code 024dvs88t2 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000nnp1,ak024dvs88t2, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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