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Light earthquake, 4.1 mag strikes near Amatignak Island in Alaska


Earthquake location 51.1418S, -179.6574WA light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 40 km WSW of Amatignak Island, Alaska (25 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: ak13590391, us10005jh9. Unique identifier: us10005jh9. The 4.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 07:17:57 / 7:17 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -179.6574° West, 51.1418° North, depth 46.62 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 17/05/16 / 2016-05-17 19:17:57 / May 17, 2016 @ 7:17 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 46.62 km (29 miles). 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. In the past 24 hours, there have been six, in the last 10 days nine, in the past 30 days fifteen and in the last 365 days seventy-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.

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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. 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: 40 km WSW of Amatignak Island, Alaska.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -179.6574° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 51.1418° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 46.62 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 40km WSW of Amatignak Island, Alaska Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2016-05-17 19:17:57 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2016-06-12 17:14:30 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -720 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 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 259 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 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.811 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.05 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 224 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 us10005jh9 Id of event.
Event Code 10005jh9 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ak13590391,us10005jh9, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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