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Light earthquake, 4.6 mag strikes near Sand Point in Alaska


Earthquake location 54.5686S, -159.6401WA light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) strikes 101 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska (63 miles) on Monday. Exact location of event, depth 29.7 km, -159.6401° West, 54.5686° North. The temblor was detected at 21:04:51 / 9:04 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 19/10/20 / 2020-10-19 21:04:51 / October 19, 2020 @ 9:04 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: ak020dgwzr9n. Unique identifier: ak020dgwzr9n. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 29.7 km (18 miles).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one hundred and sixty-three, in the last 10 days one hundred and sixty-four, in the past 30 days one hundred and seventy-seven and in the last 365 days four hundred and eighty-five 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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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 101 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.6 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -159.6401° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 54.5686° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 29.7 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 101 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 2020-10-19 21:04:51 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-10-24 05:18:13 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 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, 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 0.39 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 ak020dgwzr9n Id of event.
Event Code 020dgwzr9n An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ak020dgwzr9n, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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