Minor earthquake: M2.9 quake has struck near False Pass in Alaska

A minor earthquake magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 48 km NW of False Pass, Alaska (30 miles). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 199.7 km (124 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 19/06/16 / 2016-06-19 10:30:08 / June 19, 2016 @ 10:30 am UTC/GMT. Exact location, longitude -164.0024° West, latitude 55.1224° North, depth = 199.7 km. All ids that are associated to the event: ak13680743. Unique identifier: ak13680743. The 2.9-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 02:30:08 / 2:30 am (local time epicenter).

In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days 0, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days ten earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. 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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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 48 km NW of False Pass, Alaska.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	2.9 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-164.0024° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	55.1224° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	199.7 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	48km NW of False Pass, Alaska	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2016-06-19 10:30:08	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2016-06-22 20:42:51	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset	-480	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	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	0.5 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	ak13680743	Id of event.
Event Code	13680743	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,ak13680743,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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