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Light earthquake, 4.4 mag was detected near Attu Station in Alaska


Earthquake location 51.69S, 176.4675WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 258 km ESE of Attu Station, Alaska (160 miles). The epicenter was at a depth of 30.81 km (19 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: ak024er2d5te, us7000ns87. Unique identifier: us7000ns87. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 16/11/24 / 2024-11-16 11:51:26 / November 16, 2024 @ 11:51 am. The temblor was picked up at 11:51:26 / 11:51 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 176.4675 East, latitude 51.69 North, depth = 30.81 km.

Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days twenty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.

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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. 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: 258 km ESE of Attu Station, Alaska.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 176.4675° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 51.69° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 30.81 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 258 km ESE of Attu Station, Alaska Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-11-16 11:51:26 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-11-17 06:41:19 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 2.276 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 298 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 67 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.294 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.15 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 207 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 us7000ns87 Id of event.
Event Code 7000ns87 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ak024er2d5te,us7000ns87, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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