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Earthquake: M 3 quake strikes near False Pass in Alaska


Earthquake location 53.076S, -162.091WA minor earthquake magnitude 3 (mg/mb) was reported Wednesday, 215 kilometers (134 miles) from False Pass in Alaska. The temblor was reported at 11:10:50 / 11:10 am (local time epicenter) at a depth of 20 km (12 miles). Global time of event 11/02/15 / 2015-02-11 22:10:50 / February 11, 2015 @ 10:10 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. Exact location of event, longitude -162.091 West, latitude 53.076 North, depth 20 km, unique identifier, usb000tp89.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -162.091° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 53.076° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 20 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 215km SSE of False Pass, Alaska Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2015-02-11 22:10:50 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2015-03-12 04:10:40 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 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 138 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 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 0.29 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 usb000tp89 Id of event.
Event Code b000tp89 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ak11507762,usb000tp89, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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