Minor earthquake 3.1 mag, 82 km WNW of Skagway, Alaska

A minor earthquake magnitude 3.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 82 km WNW of Skagway, Alaska (51 miles). The temblor was detected at 07:41:45 / 7:41 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -136.6281° West, 59.7812° North, depth 3.15 km. Id of earthquake: us10008mje. Event ids that are associated: ak15855770, us10008mje. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 01/05/17 / 2017-05-01 15:41:45 / May 1, 2017 @ 3:41 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 3.15 km (2 miles).

Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one hundred and seventy-eight, in the last 10 days one hundred and seventy-eight, in the past 30 days one hundred and seventy-eight and in the last 365 days one hundred and eighty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported 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. 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: 82 km WNW of Skagway, Alaska.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	3.1 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-136.6281° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	59.7812° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	3.15 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	82km WNW of Skagway, Alaska	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2017-05-01 15:41:45	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2017-05-22 19:29:12	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset	-480	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	148	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	0.582	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	90	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	us10008mje	Id of event.
Event Code	10008mje	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,ak15855770,us10008mje,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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