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Minor earthquake 3.2 mag, 114 km SSE of Yunaska Island, Alaska


Earthquake location 51.6474S, -170.2322WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 114 km SSE of Yunaska Island, Alaska (71 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -170.2322 West, latitude 51.6474 North, depth = 25.1 km. The temblor was detected at 10:30:19 / 10:30 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 23/07/15 / 2015-07-23 21:30:19 / July 23, 2015 @ 9:30 pm UTC/GMT. Event id: ak11654097. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak11654097. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 25.1 km (16 miles) below the earth’s surface.

Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days fifty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage 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: 114 km SSE of Yunaska Island, Alaska. This information 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 -170.2322° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 51.6474° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 25.1 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 114km SSE of Yunaska 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 2015-07-23 21:30:19 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2015-07-24 01:52:12 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 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 0.87 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 ak11654097 Id of event.
Event Code 11654097 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ak11654097, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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