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Light earthquake, 4.1 mag has occurred near Adak in Alaska


Earthquake location 50.8484S, -177.4524WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 127 km SSW of Adak, Alaska (79 miles). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 26.7 km (17 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak024fsyv84o. Id of event: ak024fsyv84o. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 09/12/24 / 2024-12-09 03:35:17 / December 9, 2024 @ 3:35 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude -177.4524 West, latitude 50.8484 North, depth = 26.7 km. The temblor was picked up at 03:35:17 / 3:35 am (local time epicenter).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been thirty-seven, in the last 10 days thirty-seven, in the past 30 days fourty-two and in the last 365 days one hundred and twenty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred 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: 127 km SSW of Adak, Alaska.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -177.4524° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 50.8484° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 26.7 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 127 km SSW 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 2024-12-09 03:35:17 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-12-09 03:55:29 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 259 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 0.52 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 ak024fsyv84o Id of event.
Event Code 024fsyv84o An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ak024fsyv84o, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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