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Minor earthquake, 2.9 mag strikes near Fox Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska

Posted by admin on August 3, 2015 0 Comments

Earthquake location 51.9865S, -169.2766WA minor earthquake magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) strikes Fox Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska (0 miles) on Tuesday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -169.2766 West, latitude 51.9865 North, depth = 40.9 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 40.9 km (25 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was detected at 00:42:12 / 12:42 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 28/07/15 / 2015-07-28 00:42:12 / July 28, 2015 @ 12:42 am. Event id: ak11668461. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak11668461.

Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one hundred and seventeen, in the last 10 days one hundred and twenty-three, in the past 30 days one hundred and twenty-seven and in the last 365 days two hundred and six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.9 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -169.2766° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 51.9865° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 40.9 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place Fox Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2015-07-28 00:42:12 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2015-08-03 17:36:13 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 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 129 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 11 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 0.62 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 233.99998128 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 ak11668461 Id of event.
Event Code 11668461 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ak11668461, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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