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Minor earthquake, 3.1 mag was detected near Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska


Earthquake location 51.8396S, -176.4335WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska (0 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 30/11/15 / 2015-11-30 08:40:24 / November 30, 2015 @ 8:40 am. Unique identifier: ak12177777. Ids that are associated to the event: ak12177777. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -176.4335 West, latitude 51.8396 North, depth = 255 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 255 km (158 miles). The temblor was reported at 08:40:24 / 8:40 am (local time epicenter).

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

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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: Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -176.4335° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 51.8396° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 255 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place Andreanof 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 2015-11-30 08:40:24 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2015-12-08 18:28:24 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 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 148 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 15 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 0.51 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 187.199985024 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 ak12177777 Id of event.
Event Code 12177777 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ak12177777, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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