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Minor earthquake 2.8 mag, 81 km S of Little Sitkin Island, Alaska


Earthquake location 51.2212S, 178.6663WA minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 81 km S of Little Sitkin Island, Alaska (50 miles). Exact location of event, longitude 178.6663 East, latitude 51.2212 North, depth = 13.2 km. Global time and date of event 23/06/15 / 2015-06-23 01:22:53 / June 23, 2015 @ 1:22 am UTC/GMT. Event id: ak11632251. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak11632251. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 13.2 km (8 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was reported at 13:22:53 / 1:22 pm (local time epicenter).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days fifteen and in the last 365 days two hundred and sixty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world.

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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: 81 km S of Little Sitkin Island, Alaska. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.8 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 178.6663° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 51.2212° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 13.2 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 81km S of Little Sitkin Island, Alaska Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2015-06-23 01:22:53 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2015-07-02 06:33:39 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 720 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 0 The total number of felt reports
CDI 1 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 121 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network ak The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,ak, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 13 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 0.4 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 277.199977824 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 ak11632251 Id of event.
Event Code 11632251 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ak11632251, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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