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Minor earthquake, 3.1 mag has occurred near Redoubt Volcano in Alaska

Posted by admin on September 20, 2016 0 Comments

Earthquake location 60.3199S, -153.7775WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 59 km WSW of Redoubt Volcano, Alaska (37 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 20/09/16 / 2016-09-20 14:48:46 / September 20, 2016 @ 2:48 pm UTC/GMT. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 180.9 km (112 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, -153.7775° West, 60.3199° North, depth 180.9 km. The 3.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 06:48:46 / 6:48 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: ak14004773. Event ids that are associated: ak14004773.

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. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days two hundred and thirty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.

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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 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: 59 km WSW of Redoubt Volcano, Alaska.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -153.7775° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 60.3199° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 180.9 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 59km WSW of Redoubt 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 2016-09-20 14:48:46 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2016-09-20 14:58:35 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -480 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 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 automatic 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 148 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 58 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.4823953 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.57 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 179.9999856 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 ak14004773 Id of event.
Event Code 14004773 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ak14004773, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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