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Light earthquake 4.8 mag, 74 km NNW of Kodiak Station, Alaska


Earthquake location 58.3506S, -153.2009WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 74 kilometers (46 miles) from Kodiak Station in Alaska. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -153.2009 West, latitude 58.3506 North, depth = 62.1 km. Global time and date of event 02/01/19 / 2019-01-02 06:48:43 / January 2, 2019 @ 6:48 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was detected at 21:48:43 / 9:48 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has been issued near Kodiak Station in Alaska (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: ak0193exoam. Ids that are associated to the event: ak0193exoam, at00pkoyx6, us2000izs8. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 62.1 km (39 miles) below the earth’s surface.

Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kodiak. Epicenter of the event was 78 km (48 miles) from Kodiak (c. 6 100 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).

Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days twenty-four 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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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 74 km NNW of Kodiak Station, Alaska. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.8 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -153.2009° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 58.3506° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 62.1 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 74km NNW of Kodiak Station, Alaska Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2019-01-02 06:48:43 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-01-02 07:13:20 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -540 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 62 The total number of felt reports
CDI 3.1 The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI 3.55 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 374 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,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 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.58 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 ak0193exoam Id of event.
Event Code 0193exoam An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ak0193exoam,at00pkoyx6,us2000izs8, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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