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Minor earthquake: M3.2 quake has struck near Shemya Island in Alaska


Earthquake location 51.9838S, 173.612WA minor earthquake with magnitude 3.2 (ml/mb) was reported 89 km SSW of Shemya Island, Alaska (55 miles) on Monday. Unique identifier: ak11652936. Ids that are associated to the event: ak11652936. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 20 km (12 miles). The temblor was detected at 17:27:33 / 5:27 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 13/07/15 / 2015-07-13 05:27:33 / July 13, 2015 @ 5:27 am UTC/GMT. Exact location, longitude 173.612° East, latitude 51.9838° North, depth = 20 km.

Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 89 km SSW of Shemya Island, Alaska. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 173.612° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 51.9838° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 20 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 89km SSW of Shemya 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 2015-07-13 05:27:33 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2015-07-21 22:33:38 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 720 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 158 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 1.04 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 ak11652936 Id of event.
Event Code 11652936 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ak11652936, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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