Minor earthquake 2.9 mag, 120 km SSW of Nikolski, Alaska

A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 120 km SSW of Nikolski, Alaska (75 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 29/07/15 / 2015-07-29 16:19:58 / July 29, 2015 @ 4:19 pm. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 19.6 km (12 miles). The 2.9-magnitude earthquake was detected at 05:19:58 / 5:19 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -169.3854° West, latitude 51.9056° North, depth = 19.6 km. All ids that are associated to the event: ak11662993, us10002xrc. Unique identifier: us10002xrc.

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

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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: 120 km SSW of Nikolski, Alaska. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	2.9 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-169.3854° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	51.9056° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	19.6 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	120km SSW of Nikolski, Alaska	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2015-07-29 16:19:58	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2015-08-19 03:20:46	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	129	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	1.09 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	230	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	us10002xrc	Id of event.
Event Code	10002xrc	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,ak11662993,us10002xrc,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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