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Light earthquake 4.9 mag, 38 km SSW of Cordova, Alaska


Earthquake location 60.2209S, -145.9973WA light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 38 km SSW of Cordova, Alaska (24 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak02115pjn6u, at00qnifve. Id of event: ak02115pjn6u. Exact location, longitude -145.9973° West, latitude 60.2209° North, depth = 12.2 km. A tsunami warning has been issued near Cordova in Alaska (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 22:02:00 / 10:02 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 12.2 km (8 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 25/01/21 / 2021-01-25 22:02:00 / January 25, 2021 @ 10:02 pm.

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 one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days thirteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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. 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: 38 km SSW of Cordova, Alaska.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.9 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -145.9973° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 60.2209° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 12.2 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 38 km SSW of Cordova, Alaska Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2021-01-25 22:02:00 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2021-01-25 22:13:56 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 1 The total number of felt reports
CDI 2.2 The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI 3.8 The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level green 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 1 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 370 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,at, 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 0.6 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 ak02115pjn6u Id of event.
Event Code 02115pjn6u An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ak02115pjn6u,at00qnifve, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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