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Light earthquake, 4.2 mag strikes near Adak in Alaska

Posted by admin on November 3, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location 51.4712S, -178.1574WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was reported 114 km WSW of Adak, Alaska (71 miles) on Saturday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 27.104 km (17 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event id: us7000npjy. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak024e3wtoke, us7000npjy. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 02/11/24 / 2024-11-02 11:48:40 / November 2, 2024 @ 11:48 am. The temblor was detected at 11:48:40 / 11:48 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 27.104 km, -178.1574° West, 51.4712° North. 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 two, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days fifty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes 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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 114 km WSW of Adak, Alaska.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -178.1574° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 51.4712° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 27.104 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 114 km WSW 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 2024-11-02 11:48:40 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-11-03 06:41:35 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 2.866 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 271 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 68 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.327 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 139 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 us7000npjy Id of event.
Event Code 7000npjy An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ak024e3wtoke,us7000npjy, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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