Minor earthquake 2.8 mag, 86 km WSW of Chernabura Island, Alaska

A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 86 km WSW of Chernabura Island, Alaska (53 miles). The temblor was detected at 03:20:01 / 3:20 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -160.8546 West, latitude 54.5806 North, depth = 22.42 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 15/03/17 / 2017-03-15 14:20:01 / March 15, 2017 @ 2:20 pm. The epicenter was at a depth of 22.42 km (14 miles). Event id: us20008slb. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak15497918, us20008slb.

Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days thirteen and in the last 365 days ninety-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 86 km WSW of Chernabura Island, Alaska. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	2.8 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-160.8546° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	54.5806° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	22.42 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	86km WSW of Chernabura Island, Alaska	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2017-03-15 14:20:01	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2017-04-02 08:53:03	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	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	0.8	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.22 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	205	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	us20008slb	Id of event.
Event Code	20008slb	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,ak15497918,us20008slb,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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