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Minor earthquake, 3.2 mag has occurred near Kotzebue in Alaska


Earthquake location 65.6237S, -162.6842WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.2 (ml/mb) strikes 142 km S of Kotzebue, Alaska (88 miles) on Monday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 0 km (0 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 03/08/15 / 2015-08-03 10:31:39 / August 3, 2015 @ 10:31 am. Id of earthquake: ak11668275. Event ids that are associated: ak11668275. The 3.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 02:31:39 / 2:31 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -162.6842° West, latitude 65.6237° North, depth = 0 km.

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

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking 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: 142 km S of Kotzebue, 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 -162.6842° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 65.6237° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 0 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 142km S of Kotzebue, Alaska Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2015-08-03 10:31:39 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2015-08-03 17:31:51 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -480 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 automatic 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 12 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.269319 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.35 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 129.599989632 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 ak11668275 Id of event.
Event Code 11668275 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ak11668275, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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