Mag. 4.8 earthquake - North Pacific Ocean, 86 mi southeast of Sand Point, Alaska, USA, on 19 Oct 1:34 pm (GMT -11) -

Mag. 4.8 earthquake - North Pacific Ocean, 86 mi southeast of Sand Point, Alaska, USA, on 19 Oct 1:34 pm (GMT -11)

Light magnitude 4.8 earthquake at 16 km depth

20 Oct 00:47 UTC: First to report: GFZ after 13 minutes.
20 Oct 01:14: Now using data updates from USGS
20 Oct 01:50: Magnitude recalculated from 4.3 to 4.8. Hypocenter depth recalculated from 26.4 to 16.1 km (from 16.4 to 10 mi). Epicenter location corrected by 6.6 km (4.1 mi) towards NW.
Date & time: 20 Oct 2020 00:34:11 UTC -
Local time at epicenter: 19 Oct 1:34 pm (GMT -11)
Magnitude: 4.8
Depth: 16.1 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude: 54.2177°N / 159.5704°W (North Pacific Ocean, Alaska, United States)
Nearest volcano: Stepovak Bay 2 (183 km / 114 mi)
Nearby towns and cities:
138 km (86 mi) SSE of Sand Point (pop: 1,060) --> See nearby quakes!
190 km (118 mi) S of Perryville (pop: 113) --> See nearby quakes!
200 km (124 mi) ESE of King Cove (pop: 1,010) --> See nearby quakes!
224 km (139 mi) SSE of Nelson Lagoon (pop: 52) --> See nearby quakes!
229 km (142 mi) ESE of Cold Bay (pop: 123) --> See nearby quakes!
232 km (144 mi) SSW of Chignik Lake (pop: 73) --> See nearby quakes!
242 km (150 mi) SSW of Chignik Lagoon (pop: 78) --> See nearby quakes!
258 km (160 mi) ESE of False Pass (pop: 40) --> See nearby quakes!
6157 km (3826 mi) NW of Washington DC (District of Columbia) (pop: 601,700) --> See nearby quakes!
6157 km (3826 mi) NW of Washington DC (District of Columbia) (pop: 601,700) --> See nearby quakes!
63 km (39 mi) S of Chernabura Island --> See nearby quakes!
Weather at epicenter at time of quake:
Clear Sky 8.2°C (47 F), humidity: 75%, wind: 7 m/s (14 kts) from WNW
Primary data source: USGS (United States Geological Survey)
Estimated released energy: 1 x 1012 joules (278 megawatt hours, equivalent to 239 tons of TNT) More info
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Data for the same earthquake reported by different agencies

Info: The more agencies report about the same quake and post similar data, the more confidence you can have in the data. It takes normally up to a few hours until earthquake parameters are calculated with near-optimum precision.
MagnitudeDepthLocationSource
M 4.816 km138 Km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska, USAUSGS
M 4.82 kmSouth Of Alaska, USAEMSC
M 5.020 kmSouth of Alaska, USAGeoAu
M 4.910 kmSouth of Alaska, USAGFZ

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Mag. 4.8 earthquake - North Pacific Ocean, 86 mi southeast of Sand Point, Alaska, USA, on 19 Oct 1:34 pm (GMT -11)

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