Minor earthquake, 2.8 mag was detected near Amukta Island in Alaska

A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 65 km SSW of Amukta Island, Alaska (40 miles). The 2.8-magnitude earthquake was detected at 09:03:43 / 9:03 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 37 km (23 miles) below the earth’s surface. Unique identifier: us10002mgn. Ids that are associated to the event: ak11638174, us10002mgn. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 21/06/15 / 2015-06-21 20:03:43 / June 21, 2015 @ 8:03 pm. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -171.762 West, latitude 51.991 North, depth = 37 km.

Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days twelve and in the last 365 days fifty-seven 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: 65 km SSW of Amukta Island, Alaska. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	2.8 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-171.762° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	51.991° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	37 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	65km SSW of Amukta 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	2015-06-21 20:03:43	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2015-07-12 21:12:59	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset	-660	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	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	0.51 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	us10002mgn	Id of event.
Event Code	10002mgn	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,ak11638174,us10002mgn,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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