Light earthquake: M4.9 quake has struck near Yunaska Island in Alaska

A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) strikes 74 km S of Yunaska Island, Alaska (46 miles) on Saturday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 11.5 km (7 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.9-magnitude earthquake was detected at 09:43:17 / 9:43 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -170.5036 West, latitude 51.9748 North, depth = 11.5 km. Id of earthquake: ak15945932. Event ids that are associated: ak15945932. Global time and date of event 06/05/17 / 2017-05-06 20:43:17 / May 6, 2017 @ 8:43 pm UTC/GMT.

In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days one hundred and thirty-seven 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. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.

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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 74 km S of Yunaska Island, Alaska. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.9 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-170.5036° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	51.9748° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	11.5 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	74km S of Yunaska Island, Alaska	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2017-05-06 20:43:17	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2017-05-06 21:22:25	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset	-660	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	3.17	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	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	0.71 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	ak15945932	Id of event.
Event Code	15945932	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,ak15945932,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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