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Light earthquake 4 mag, 69 km SSW of Kobuk, Alaska


Earthquake location 66.3621S, -157.6327WA light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) strikes 69 km SSW of Kobuk, Alaska (43 miles) on Wednesday. The temblor was picked up at 03:49:55 / 3:49 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 0.1 km (0 miles) below the earth’s surface. Unique identifier: ak19584382. Ids that are associated to the event: ak19584382. Exact location of earthquake, -157.6327° West, 66.3621° North, depth 0.1 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 16/05/18 / 2018-05-16 12:49:55 / May 16, 2018 @ 12:49 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 69 km SSW of Kobuk, Alaska. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -157.6327° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 66.3621° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 0.1 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 69km SSW of Kobuk, Alaska Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2018-05-16 12:49:55 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-05-16 12:56:58 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -540 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt The total number of felt reports
CDI 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 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 246 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, 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 0.89 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 ak19584382 Id of event.
Event Code 19584382 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ak19584382, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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