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Light earthquake, 4.4 mag has occurred near Akutan in Alaska


Earthquake location 53.3714S, -163.9892WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 145 km SE of Akutan, Alaska (90 miles) on Tuesday. The temblor was picked up at 16:31:23 / 4:31 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 04/02/25 / 2025-02-04 16:31:23 / February 4, 2025 @ 4:31 pm UTC/GMT. Id of earthquake: us7000pb93. Event ids that are associated: us7000pb93, ak0251m5irsf. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 20.751 km (13 miles). Exact location of earthquake, -163.9892° West, 53.3714° North, depth 20.751 km.

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

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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: 145 km SE of Akutan, Alaska. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -163.9892° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 53.3714° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 20.751 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 145 km SE of Akutan, Alaska Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-02-04 16:31:23 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-02-04 17:12:19 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 1.203 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 298 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,ak, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 64 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.204 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.03 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 163 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mb The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us7000pb93 Id of event.
Event Code 7000pb93 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000pb93,ak0251m5irsf, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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