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Light earthquake 4 mag, 65 km WSW of Amatignak Island, Alaska


Earthquake location 51.0672S, -179.9942WA light earthquake with magnitude 4 (ml/mb) was reported 65 km WSW of Amatignak Island, Alaska (40 miles) on Sunday. Global time and date of event 27/01/20 / 2020-01-27 02:39:21 / January 27, 2020 @ 2:39 am UTC/GMT. The 4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 14:39:21 / 2:39 pm (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us70007k1d. Ids that are associated to the event: us70007k1d. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 34.98 km (22 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -179.9942 West, latitude 51.0672 North, depth = 34.98 km.

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been thirty-six, in the last 10 days fifty-one, in the past 30 days fifty-six and in the last 365 days one hundred and thirty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.

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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: 65 km WSW of Amatignak Island, Alaska. This information 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 -179.9942° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 51.0672° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 34.98 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 65km WSW of Amatignak Island, Alaska Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-01-27 02:39:21 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-02-06 23:50:34 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -720 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 reviewed 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 us The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,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 0.541 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 221 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mb The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us70007k1d Id of event.
Event Code 70007k1d An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us70007k1d, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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