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Light earthquake, 4.3 mag was detected near Anchor Point in Alaska


Earthquake location 59.0532S, -153.0265WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 105 km SW of Anchor Point, Alaska (65 miles) on Thursday. A tsunami warning has been issued near Anchor Point in Alaska (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: ak18414744, at00p3uyzv. Unique identifier: ak18414744. Exact location of event, longitude -153.0265 West, latitude 59.0532 North, depth = 64.4 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 64.4 km (40 miles). The 4.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 15:04:43 / 3:04 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 09/02/18 / 2018-02-09 01:04:43 / February 9, 2018 @ 1:04 am.

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days seventy-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. 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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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 105 km SW of Anchor Point, Alaska.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -153.0265° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 59.0532° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 64.4 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 105km SW of Anchor Point, Alaska Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2018-02-09 01:04:43 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-02-09 01:13:22 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -600 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 1 The total number of felt reports
CDI 2 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 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 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 ,ak,at, 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 0.6 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 ak18414744 Id of event.
Event Code 18414744 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ak18414744,at00p3uyzv, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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