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Light earthquake, 4.4 mag strikes near Sand Point in Alaska


Earthquake location 54.3147S, -159.5371WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 129 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska (80 miles) on Tuesday. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 00:56:36 / 12:56 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 20/10/20 / 2020-10-20 00:56:36 / October 20, 2020 @ 12:56 am. Id of earthquake: ak020di8c456. Event ids that are associated: ak020di8c456. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 21 km (13 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, -159.5371° West, 54.3147° North, depth 21 km.

In the past 24 hours, there have been fourty-two, in the last 10 days fourty-two, in the past 30 days fifty-five and in the last 365 days three hundred and thirty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. 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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 129 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -159.5371° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 54.3147° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 21 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 129 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-10-20 00:56:36 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-10-20 01:30:46 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 298 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, 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 0.74 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 ak020di8c456 Id of event.
Event Code 020di8c456 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ak020di8c456, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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