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Light earthquake 4.2 mag, 167 km E of Atka, Alaska


Earthquake location 52.0667S, -171.7679WA light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 167 km E of Atka, Alaska (104 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us7000nuyq. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000nuyq. The temblor was reported at 04:49:55 / 4:49 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -171.7679 West, latitude 52.0667 North, depth = 51.592 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 51.592 km (32 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of earthquake 15/11/24 / 2024-11-15 04:49:55 / November 15, 2024 @ 4:49 am UTC/GMT.

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

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 167 km E of Atka, Alaska. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -171.7679° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 52.0667° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 51.592 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 167 km E of Atka, Alaska Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-11-15 04:49:55 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-12-05 02:40:53 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 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 ,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 58 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.445 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.03 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 179 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 us7000nuyq Id of event.
Event Code 7000nuyq An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000nuyq, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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