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Light earthquake 4.1 mag, 64 km SW of North Nenana, Alaska


Earthquake location 64.1777S, -150.0881WA light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 64 km SW of North Nenana, Alaska (40 miles). Event id: ak14300236. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us100075ud, ak14300236. Exact location of event, depth 19.5 km, -150.0881° West, 64.1777° North. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 01:29:10 / 1:29 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 19.5 km (12 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 06/11/16 / 2016-11-06 09:29:10 / November 6, 2016 @ 9:29 am.

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days seventeen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected 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: 64 km SW of North Nenana, Alaska.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -150.0881° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 64.1777° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 19.5 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 64km SW of North Nenana, Alaska Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2016-11-06 09:29:10 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2016-11-06 21:35:42 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -480 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 12 The total number of felt reports
CDI 4.1 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 264 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 ,us,ak, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 82 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 0.85 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 61.199995104 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 ak14300236 Id of event.
Event Code 14300236 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us100075ud,ak14300236, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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