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Light earthquake, 4 mag has occurred near Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska


Earthquake location 51.7082S, 178.3646WA light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska (0 miles). Global time and date of event 01/12/24 / 2024-12-01 14:44:54 / December 1, 2024 @ 2:44 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 108.026 km (67 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was picked up at 14:44:54 / 2:44 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak024ffx685m, us7000nvbj. Id of event: us7000nvbj. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 178.3646 East, latitude 51.7082 North, depth = 108.026 km.

In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days fifty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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. 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: Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 178.3646° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 51.7082° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 108.026 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-12-01 14:44:54 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-12-16 21:36:19 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 2.897 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 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 42 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.257 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.72 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 154 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 us7000nvbj Id of event.
Event Code 7000nvbj An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ak024ffx685m,us7000nvbj, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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