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Light earthquake 4.4 mag, 58 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska


Earthquake location 61.6414S, -152.2167WA light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 58 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska (36 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000blu3, ak020bpy4mtd. Id of event: ak020bpy4mtd. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 13:58:32 / 1:58 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 11/09/20 / 2020-09-11 13:58:32 / September 11, 2020 @ 1:58 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 105.4 km (65 miles). Exact location, longitude -152.2167° West, latitude 61.6414° North, depth = 105.4 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days fourty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. 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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 58 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -152.2167° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 61.6414° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 105.4 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 58 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-09-11 13:58:32 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-09-11 14:38:43 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 52 The total number of felt reports
CDI 3.8 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 318 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 ,us,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 0.63 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 ak020bpy4mtd Id of event.
Event Code 020bpy4mtd An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000blu3,ak020bpy4mtd, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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