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Light earthquake, 4.6 mag has occurred near Tatitlek in Alaska


Earthquake location 60.9129S, -147.3602WA light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) strikes 37 km W of Tatitlek, Alaska (23 miles) on Wednesday. All ids that are associated to the event: ak024em2arnr. Unique identifier: ak024em2arnr. The epicenter was at a depth of 18.8 km (12 miles). The 4.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 09:07:02 / 9:07 am (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, longitude -147.3602 West, latitude 60.9129 North, depth = 18.8 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 13/11/24 / 2024-11-13 09:07:02 / November 13, 2024 @ 9:07 am.

Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days fourteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. 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: 37 km W of Tatitlek, Alaska. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.6 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -147.3602° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 60.9129° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 18.8 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 37 km W of Tatitlek, Alaska Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-11-13 09:07:02 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-11-13 09:08:42 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 automatic 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 326 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 ,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 0.45 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 ak024em2arnr Id of event.
Event Code 024em2arnr An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ak024em2arnr, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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