Minor earthquake, 2.8 mag has occurred near Kiska Volcano in Alaska

A minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 78 km SW of Kiska Volcano, Alaska (48 miles). Global time and date of event 23/06/16 / 2016-06-23 19:51:12 / June 23, 2016 @ 7:51 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was reported at 07:51:12 / 7:51 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, 176.7212° East, 51.6547° North, depth 31.24 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 31.24 km (19 miles). Event id: us200067qa. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak13688875, us200067qa.

Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days fifty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 78 km SW of Kiska Volcano, Alaska. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	2.8 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	176.7212° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	51.6547° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	31.24 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	78km SW of Kiska Volcano, Alaska	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2016-06-23 19:51:12	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2016-07-12 22:41:02	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset	720	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	121	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	1.149	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.77 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	206	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	us200067qa	Id of event.
Event Code	200067qa	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,ak13688875,us200067qa,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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