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Light earthquake: M4.7 quake has struck near Nikolski in Alaska

Posted by admin on May 18, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location 52.0739S, -169.2924WA light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 100 km SSW of Nikolski, Alaska (62 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak0245njbwyg, us6000mxle. Id of event: us6000mxle. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 02/05/24 / 2024-05-02 07:10:23 / May 2, 2024 @ 7:10 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was detected at 07:10:23 / 7:10 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 17.039 km (11 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -169.2924 West, latitude 52.0739 North, depth = 17.039 km.

In the past 24 hours, there have been thirty-five, in the last 10 days thirty-five, in the past 30 days thirty-six and in the last 365 days thirty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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 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: 100 km SSW of Nikolski, Alaska.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.7 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -169.2924° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 52.0739° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 17.039 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 100 km SSW of Nikolski, Alaska Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-05-02 07:10:23 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-05-15 05:15:01 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 340 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 ,ak,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 22 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.761 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.65 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 216 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 us6000mxle Id of event.
Event Code 6000mxle An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ak0245njbwyg,us6000mxle, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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