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Light earthquake, 4.9 mag strikes near Nikolski in Alaska


Earthquake location 52.1688S, -169.594WA light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 98 km SSW of Nikolski, Alaska (61 miles). Unique identifier: us6000bj9h. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000bj9h. The 4.9-magnitude earthquake was detected at 01:49:01 / 1:49 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, -169.594° West, 52.1688° North, depth 38.68 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 23/08/20 / 2020-08-23 01:49:01 / August 23, 2020 @ 1:49 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 38.68 km (24 miles) below the earth’s surface.

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

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 98 km SSW of Nikolski, Alaska.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.9 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -169.594° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 52.1688° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 38.68 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 98 km SSW of Nikolski, Alaska Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-08-23 01:49:01 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-08-23 02:08:02 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 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 369 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 0.681 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.77 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 128 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mww The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us6000bj9h Id of event.
Event Code 6000bj9h An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000bj9h, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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