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Minor earthquake, 3.5 mag was detected near False Pass in Alaska


Earthquake location 53.5133S, -163.2258WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 149 km S of False Pass, Alaska (93 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 27/10/16 / 2016-10-27 15:54:43 / October 27, 2016 @ 3:54 pm UTC/GMT. The epicenter was at a depth of 20 km (12 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -163.2258 West, latitude 53.5133 North, depth = 20 km. The 3.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 04:54:43 / 4:54 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: ak14277333. Unique identifier: ak14277333.

In the past 24 hours, there have been eight, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days eleven and in the last 365 days one hundred and twenty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 149 km S of False Pass, Alaska. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -163.2258° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 53.5133° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 20 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 149km S 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 2016-10-27 15:54:43 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2016-10-27 17:17:57 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 188 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 0.57 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 ak14277333 Id of event.
Event Code 14277333 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ak14277333, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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