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Light earthquake 4.2 mag, Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska

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Earthquake location 51.7553S, 178.6341WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska (0 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 28/02/25 / 2025-02-28 06:54:53 / February 28, 2025 @ 6:54 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 92.686 km (58 miles). The temblor was detected at 06:54:53 / 6:54 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us6000pw0n. Event ids that are associated: ak0252polrir, us6000pw0n. Exact location of event, depth 92.686 km, 178.6341° East, 51.7553° North. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

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 five, in the past 30 days eleven and in the last 365 days eighty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city 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: Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 178.6341° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 51.7553° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 92.686 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 2025-02-28 06:54:53 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-02-28 09:11:58 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 2.943 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 ,ak,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 35 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.182 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 206 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 us6000pw0n Id of event.
Event Code 6000pw0n An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ak0252polrir,us6000pw0n, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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