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Light earthquake, 4.2 mag has occurred near Diomede in Alaska


Earthquake location 65.479S, -168.964WA light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 31 km S of Diomede, Alaska (19 miles). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 1 km (1 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -168.964 West, latitude 65.479 North, depth = 1 km. A tsunami warning has been issued near Diomede in Alaska (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 06:36:06 / 6:36 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 03/02/25 / 2025-02-03 06:36:06 / February 3, 2025 @ 6:36 am. All ids that are associated to the event: at00sr3h06. Unique identifier: at00sr3h06.

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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. 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: 31 km S of Diomede, Alaska.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -168.964° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 65.479° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 1 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 31 km S of Diomede, Alaska Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-02-03 06:36:06 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-02-03 06:41:04 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 1 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 at The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,at, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 31 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.4392762 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.66 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 233.99998128 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 at00sr3h06 Id of event.
Event Code 00sr3h06 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,at00sr3h06, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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