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Light earthquake, 4.1 mag strikes near Adak in Alaska


Earthquake location 51.1468S, -178.2117WA light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) strikes 136 km SW of Adak, Alaska (85 miles) on Friday. Global time and date of event 08/11/24 / 2024-11-08 11:46:50 / November 8, 2024 @ 11:46 am UTC/GMT. 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 11:46:50 / 11:46 am (local time epicenter). Event id: us7000nqmt. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak024edu1d44, us7000nqmt. Exact location of event, longitude -178.2117 West, latitude 51.1468 North, depth = 35 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 35 km (22 miles).

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

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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 136 km SW of Adak, Alaska. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -178.2117° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 51.1468° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 35 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 136 km SW 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 2024-11-08 11:46:50 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-12-03 01:12:05 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 3.18 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 ,ak,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 63 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.555 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.01 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 209 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 us7000nqmt Id of event.
Event Code 7000nqmt An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ak024edu1d44,us7000nqmt, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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