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Minor earthquake, 2.8 mag strikes near Nikolski in Alaska


Earthquake location 52.3863S, -167.8337WA minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 93 km SE of Nikolski, Alaska (58 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -167.8337 West, latitude 52.3863 North, depth = 12.1 km. Global time and date of event 15/05/16 / 2016-05-15 13:17:41 / May 15, 2016 @ 1:17 pm UTC/GMT. Id of earthquake: ak13586104. Event ids that are associated: ak13586104. The temblor was picked up at 02:17:41 / 2:17 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 12.1 km (8 miles).

Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days nine, in the past 30 days seventeen and in the last 365 days three hundred and eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.8 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -167.8337° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 52.3863° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 12.1 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 93km SE of Nikolski, Alaska Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2016-05-15 13:17:41 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2016-05-23 23:19:24 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -660 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 121 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 0.4 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 ak13586104 Id of event.
Event Code 13586104 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ak13586104, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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