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Minor earthquake, 2.8 mag strikes near Sand Point in Alaska


Earthquake location 55.5773S, -160.902WA minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 37 km NW of Sand Point, Alaska (23 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 19/06/16 / 2016-06-19 15:24:49 / June 19, 2016 @ 3:24 pm. The epicenter was at a depth of 98.75 km (61 miles). The temblor was picked up at 07:24:49 / 7:24 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us2000663a. Event ids that are associated: ak13664162, us2000663a. Exact location of event, depth 98.75 km, -160.902° West, 55.5773° North.

Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days fourty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 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 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: 37 km NW of Sand Point, Alaska.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.8 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -160.902° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 55.5773° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 98.75 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 37km NW 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 2016-06-19 15:24:49 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2016-07-13 21:22:35 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 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 0.333 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.13 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 134 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 us2000663a Id of event.
Event Code 2000663a An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ak13664162,us2000663a, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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