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Light earthquake, 4.2 mag has occurred near Nikolski in Alaska

Posted by admin on January 29, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location 52.223S, -170.5818WA light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) strikes 141 km SW of Nikolski, Alaska (88 miles) on Tuesday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -170.5818 West, latitude 52.223 North, depth = 35 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000p9qg, ak0251ap2z8t. Id of event: us7000p9qg. The temblor was reported at 23:57:33 / 11:57 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 35 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of earthquake 28/01/25 / 2025-01-28 23:57:33 / January 28, 2025 @ 11:57 pm UTC/GMT.

Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days one hundred and fifty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -170.5818° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 52.223° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 35 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 141 km SW 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 2025-01-28 23:57:33 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-01-29 01:07:20 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 2.386 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,ak, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 61 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.293 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.83 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 173 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 us7000p9qg Id of event.
Event Code 7000p9qg An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000p9qg,ak0251ap2z8t, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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