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Minor earthquake, 3.2 mag strikes near Sand Point in Alaska


Earthquake location 55.9814S, -161.2034WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 84 km NNW of Sand Point, Alaska (52 miles). The temblor was reported at 06:41:48 / 6:41 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 187.9 km (117 miles). Unique identifier: us10007s81. Ids that are associated to the event: ak15059542, us10007s81. Exact location of event, depth 187.9 km, -161.2034° West, 55.9814° North. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 04/01/17 / 2017-01-04 15:41:48 / January 4, 2017 @ 3:41 pm.

Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days thirty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 84 km NNW of Sand Point, Alaska.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -161.2034° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 55.9814° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 187.9 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 84km NNW 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 2017-01-04 15:41:48 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2017-01-27 03:39:29 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -540 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 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 0.755 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.53 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 150 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 us10007s81 Id of event.
Event Code 10007s81 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ak15059542,us10007s81, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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