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Light earthquake 4.3 mag, 123 km SSW of Craig, Alaska


Earthquake location 54.526S, -134.1353WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 123 km SSW of Craig, Alaska (76 miles). Exact location of earthquake, -134.1353° West, 54.526° North, depth 21.3 km. The temblor was picked up at 18:44:10 / 6:44 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has been issued near Craig in Alaska (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 21.3 km (13 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 10/08/17 / 2017-08-10 03:44:10 / August 10, 2017 @ 3:44 am. Unique identifier: ak16490848. Ids that are associated to the event: at00ougadj, ak16490848.

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 two and in the last 365 days 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.

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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. 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: 123 km SSW of Craig, Alaska.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -134.1353° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 54.526° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 21.3 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 123km SSW of Craig, Alaska Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2017-08-10 03:44:10 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2017-08-10 04:07:15 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -540 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 3 The total number of felt reports
CDI 2.7 The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI 2.15 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 reviewed 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 285 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, 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 0.96 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 ak16490848 Id of event.
Event Code 16490848 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,at00ougadj,ak16490848, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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