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Minor earthquake 3.4 mag, 94 km WNW of Cape Yakataga, Alaska


Earthquake location 60.28S, -144.0809WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 94 km WNW of Cape Yakataga, Alaska (58 miles). The temblor was picked up at 15:56:11 / 3:56 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: ak11684045. Event ids that are associated: ak11684045. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -144.0809 West, latitude 60.28 North, depth = 12.7 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 12.7 km (8 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 23/08/15 / 2015-08-23 23:56:11 / August 23, 2015 @ 11:56 pm.

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 one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.

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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 94 km WNW of Cape Yakataga, Alaska. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -144.0809° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 60.28° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 12.7 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 94km WNW of Cape Yakataga, Alaska Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2015-08-23 23:56:11 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2015-08-24 00:13:54 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 178 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 1.01 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 ak11684045 Id of event.
Event Code 11684045 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ak11684045, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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