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Minor earthquake 2.8 mag, 36 km SSE of Amukta Island, Alaska

Posted by admin on October 22, 2015 0 Comments

Earthquake location 52.1712S, -171.1475WA minor earthquake with magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 36 km SSE of Amukta Island, Alaska (22 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak11731689, us10003lbc. Id of event: us10003lbc. Exact time and date of earthquake 30/09/15 / 2015-09-30 12:13:50 / September 30, 2015 @ 12:13 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 53.3 km (33 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was reported at 01:13:50 / 1:13 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -171.1475 West, latitude 52.1712 North, depth = 53.3 km.

There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days twenty-two and in the last 365 days one hundred and twenty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 36 km SSE of Amukta Island, Alaska.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.8 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -171.1475° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 52.1712° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 53.3 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 36km SSE of Amukta 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 2015-09-30 12:13:50 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2015-10-22 06:34:37 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 121 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 0.95 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 us10003lbc Id of event.
Event Code 10003lbc An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ak11731689,us10003lbc, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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