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Minor earthquake: M2.8 quake has struck near Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska

Posted by admin on April 7, 2017 0 Comments

Earthquake location 51.3624S, -176.4728WA minor earthquake with magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) was reported Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska (0 miles) on Tuesday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 34.5 km (21 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 04/04/17 / 2017-04-04 10:53:54 / April 4, 2017 @ 10:53 am. The temblor was reported at 10:53:54 / 10:53 am (local time epicenter). Event id: ak15677815. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak15677815. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -176.4728 West, latitude 51.3624 North, depth = 34.5 km.

In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-two, in the last 10 days twenty-three, in the past 30 days twenty-seven and in the last 365 days one hundred and fifty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.8 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -176.4728° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 51.3624° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 34.5 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2017-04-04 10:53:54 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2017-04-07 17:02:40 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 121 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 0.41 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 ak15677815 Id of event.
Event Code 15677815 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ak15677815, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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