Minor earthquake: M3.2 quake has struck near Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska

A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.2 (ml/mb) was reported Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska (0 miles) on Friday. Exact location of event, longitude 178.4332 East, latitude 52.4345 North, depth = 107.9 km. The 3.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 22:44:17 / 10:44 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 05/02/16 / 2016-02-05 22:44:17 / February 5, 2016 @ 10:44 pm. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 107.9 km (67 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event id: ak12798741. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak12798741.

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days ninety-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 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: Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	3.2 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	178.4332° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	52.4345° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	107.9 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	Rat 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	2016-02-05 22:44:17	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2016-02-15 18:38:52	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset		Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt		The total number of felt reports
CDI		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	158	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	12	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	1.785851	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.58 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	172.799986176	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	ak12798741	Id of event.
Event Code	12798741	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,ak12798741,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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