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Minor earthquake, 3.6 mag was detected near Sand Point in Alaska


Earthquake location 55.1167S, -160.861WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.6 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 33 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska (21 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -160.861 West, latitude 55.1167 North, depth = 29.3 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 04/07/15 / 2015-07-04 10:19:59 / July 4, 2015 @ 10:19 am. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 29.3 km (18 miles) below the earth’s surface. Id of earthquake: ak11641301. Event ids that are associated: ak11641301. The temblor was detected at 02:19:59 / 2:19 am (local time epicenter).

There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days fourty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 33 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.6 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -160.861° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 55.1167° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 29.3 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 33km SW of Sand Point, Alaska Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2015-07-04 10:19:59 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2015-07-04 23:27:53 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -480 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 3.05 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 199 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 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 0.56 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 ak11641301 Id of event.
Event Code 11641301 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ak11641301, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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