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Light earthquake 4.2 mag, 26 km SSW of Susitna, Alaska

Posted by admin on February 5, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location 61.3293S, -150.7303WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 26 kilometers (16 miles) from Susitna in Alaska. The temblor was picked up at 08:07:09 / 8:07 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak0251no5hd4, at00sr7ajx. Id of event: ak0251no5hd4. Exact location of event, longitude -150.7303 West, latitude 61.3293 North, depth = 17.6 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 05/02/25 / 2025-02-05 08:07:09 / February 5, 2025 @ 8:07 am. A tsunami warning has been issued near Susitna in Alaska (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 17.6 km (11 miles) below the earth’s surface.

Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Kenai, Palmer, Sterling (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 46 km (29 miles) from Anchorage (c. 291 800 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from Eagle River (c. 24 800 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Knik-Fairview (c. 14 900 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Lakes (c. 8 400 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Tanaina (c. 8 200 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Wasilla (c. 7 800 pop).

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. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days fourty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 26 km SSW of Susitna, Alaska.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -150.7303° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 61.3293° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 17.6 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 26 km SSW of Susitna, Alaska Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-02-05 08:07:09 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-02-05 08:11:06 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 2 The total number of felt reports
CDI 3.4 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 automatic 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 272 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,at, 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 0.31 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 ak0251no5hd4 Id of event.
Event Code 0251no5hd4 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ak0251no5hd4,at00sr7ajx, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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