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Minor earthquake 3.9 mag, 43 km SSW of Tanaga Volcano, Alaska


Earthquake location 51.5298S, -178.4209WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.9 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 43 km SSW of Tanaga Volcano, Alaska (27 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -178.4209 West, latitude 51.5298 North, depth = 3.4 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 3.4 km (2 miles) below the earth’s surface. All ids that are associated to the event: ak16017640, us10008r8e. Unique identifier: us10008r8e. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 10/05/17 / 2017-05-10 19:46:14 / May 10, 2017 @ 7:46 pm. The 3.9-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 09:46:14 / 9:46 am (local time epicenter).

Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-eight, in the last 10 days one hundred and ten, in the past 30 days one hundred and seventeen and in the last 365 days two hundred and fourty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 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 information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 43 km SSW of Tanaga Volcano, Alaska.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.9 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -178.4209° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 51.5298° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 3.4 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 43km SSW of Tanaga Volcano, Alaska Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2017-05-10 19:46:14 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2017-05-16 20:37:11 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -600 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 2.61 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 234 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 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.15 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 mb The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us10008r8e Id of event.
Event Code 10008r8e An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ak16017640,us10008r8e, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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