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Light earthquake: M4 quake has struck near Nikolski in Alaska

Posted by admin on December 13, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location 51.4898S, -168.3016WA light earthquake with magnitude 4 (ml/mb) was reported 165 km SSE of Nikolski, Alaska (103 miles) on Tuesday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude -168.3016 West, latitude 51.4898 North, depth = 7.2 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 10/12/24 / 2024-12-10 23:35:14 / December 10, 2024 @ 11:35 pm. The temblor was detected at 23:35:14 / 11:35 pm (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: ak024fuyb8hz. Ids that are associated to the event: ak024fuyb8hz. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 7.2 km (4 miles) below the earth’s surface.

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days fourty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected 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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 165 km SSE of Nikolski, Alaska.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -168.3016° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 51.4898° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 7.2 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 165 km SSE of Nikolski, Alaska Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-12-10 23:35:14 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-12-13 00:40:59 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 246 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 0.76 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 ak024fuyb8hz Id of event.
Event Code 024fuyb8hz An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ak024fuyb8hz, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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