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Light earthquake, 4.6 mag strikes near Kobuk in Alaska


Earthquake location 66.4008S, -157.5654WA light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 68 km SSW of Kobuk, Alaska (42 miles). Exact location of event, depth 14.3 km, -157.5654° West, 66.4008° North. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 14.3 km (9 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 27/03/19 / 2019-03-27 07:38:39 / March 27, 2019 @ 7:38 am. Id of earthquake: ak0193ycm3x7. Event ids that are associated: ak0193ycm3x7, us1000jmat. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 22:38:39 / 10:38 pm (local time epicenter).

There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been seven, in the last 10 days ten, in the past 30 days fourty-two and in the last 365 days fifty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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: 68 km SSW of Kobuk, Alaska.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.6 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -157.5654° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 66.4008° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 14.3 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 68km 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 2019-03-27 07:38:39 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-03-27 07:50:58 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 4.56 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 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 326 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,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 0.88 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 ak0193ycm3x7 Id of event.
Event Code 0193ycm3x7 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ak0193ycm3x7,us1000jmat, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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