Minor earthquake, 2.9 mag has occurred near Sand Point in Alaska

A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 119 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska (74 miles). The 2.9-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 05:49:55 / 5:49 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 10.96 km (7 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -161.3398 West, latitude 54.3759 North, depth = 10.96 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak12500119, us20004vpt. Id of event: us20004vpt. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 24/01/16 / 2016-01-24 16:49:55 / January 24, 2016 @ 4:49 pm.

Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days sixty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 119 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	2.9 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-161.3398° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	54.3759° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	10.96 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	119km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2016-01-24 16:49:55	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2016-02-15 21:48:39	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	0.912	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.48 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	211	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	us20004vpt	Id of event.
Event Code	20004vpt	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,ak12500119,us20004vpt,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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