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Light earthquake, 4.4 mag was detected near Larsen Bay in Alaska


Earthquake location 56.4784S, -153.9612WA light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 118 km S of Larsen Bay, Alaska (73 miles). A tsunami warning has been issued near Larsen Bay in Alaska (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 63.2 km (39 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, -153.9612° West, 56.4784° North, depth 63.2 km. The temblor was reported at 15:20:14 / 3:20 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: ak11639423. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: at00nqu0tr, ak11639423, us10002mxa. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 01/07/15 / 2015-07-01 23:20:14 / July 1, 2015 @ 11:20 pm.

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 four and in the last 365 days twenty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.

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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 118 km S of Larsen Bay, Alaska.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -153.9612° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 56.4784° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 63.2 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 118km S of Larsen Bay, Alaska Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2015-07-01 23:20:14 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2015-07-01 23:44:16 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -480 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 0 The total number of felt reports
CDI 1 The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI 3.56 The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level green 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 298 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 ,at,ak,us, 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 1.04 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 ak11639423 Id of event.
Event Code 11639423 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,at00nqu0tr,ak11639423,us10002mxa, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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