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Light earthquake, 4.1 mag strikes near Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska


Earthquake location 51.2902S, 178.8337WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was reported Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska (0 miles) on Tuesday. Global time and date of event 24/12/24 / 2024-12-24 06:36:01 / December 24, 2024 @ 6:36 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 46.927 km (29 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was picked up at 06:36:01 / 6:36 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude 178.8337° East, latitude 51.2902° North, depth = 46.927 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak024ghtpwwi, us6000pfh9. Id of event: us6000pfh9. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days sixty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. 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.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 178.8337° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 51.2902° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 46.927 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 2024-12-24 06:36:01 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-12-26 07:16:25 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 2.348 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 80 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.307 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.8 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 216 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 us6000pfh9 Id of event.
Event Code 6000pfh9 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ak024ghtpwwi,us6000pfh9, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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