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Minor earthquake 3.2 mag, Unimak Island region, Alaska


Earthquake location 54.2221S, -163.474WA minor earthquake with magnitude 3.2 (ml/mb) was reported Unimak Island region, Alaska (0 miles) on Wednesday. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 02/11/16 / 2016-11-02 23:03:41 / November 2, 2016 @ 11:03 pm. The 3.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 23:03:41 / 11:03 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 36.8 km (23 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak14294854. Id of event: ak14294854. Exact location of earthquake, -163.474° West, 54.2221° North, depth 36.8 km.

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days thirty, in the past 30 days thirty-seven and in the last 365 days one hundred and thirty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. 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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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: Unimak Island region, Alaska. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -163.474° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 54.2221° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 36.8 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place Unimak Island region, Alaska Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2016-11-02 23:03:41 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2016-11-09 22:09:35 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 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 158 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 0.49 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 ak14294854 Id of event.
Event Code 14294854 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ak14294854, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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