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Light earthquake, 4.3 mag strikes near Atka in Alaska


Earthquake location 51.2825S, -174.8786WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 111 km SSW of Atka, Alaska (69 miles). The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 16:13:46 / 4:13 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 01/03/25 / 2025-03-01 16:13:46 / March 1, 2025 @ 4:13 pm. Id of earthquake: us6000pwav. Event ids that are associated: us6000pwav, ak0252rhune5. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -174.8786 West, latitude 51.2825 North, depth = 40.557 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 40.557 km (25 miles) below the earth’s surface.

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days one hundred and five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. 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: 111 km SSW of Atka, Alaska. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -174.8786° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 51.2825° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 40.557 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 111 km SSW of Atka, Alaska Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-03-01 16:13:46 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-03-01 16:47:49 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 2.092 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 284 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 115 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.013 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.65 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 167 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mwr The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us6000pwav Id of event.
Event Code 6000pwav An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000pwav,ak0252rhune5, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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