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Light earthquake, 4.5 mag has occurred near Kodiak in Alaska

Posted by admin on February 15, 2018 0 Comments

Earthquake location 55.9177S, -149.7482WA light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) strikes 264 km SE of Kodiak, Alaska (164 miles) on Thursday. Exact location of earthquake, -149.7482° West, 55.9177° North, depth 10 km. Global time and date of event 15/02/18 / 2018-02-15 19:34:32 / February 15, 2018 @ 7:34 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was detected at 09:34:32 / 9:34 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000d2tr. Id of event: us2000d2tr.

There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days one hundred and three, in the past 30 days one thousand, six hundred and eight and in the last 365 days one thousand, six hundred and twelve earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage 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: 264 km SE of Kodiak, Alaska. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -149.7482° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 55.9177° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 264km SE of Kodiak, Alaska Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2018-02-15 19:34:32 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-02-15 19:53:14 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -600 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 312 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network us The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,us, 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 2.355 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.69 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 202 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 us2000d2tr Id of event.
Event Code 2000d2tr An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us2000d2tr, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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