Minor earthquake 2.8 mag, 38 km SSW of Tanaga Volcano, Alaska

A minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) strikes 38 km SSW of Tanaga Volcano, Alaska (24 miles) on Monday. The 2.8-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 11:15:18 / 11:15 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 20 km (12 miles). Exact location of earthquake, -178.407° West, 51.5809° North, depth 20 km. All ids that are associated to the event: ak16117000, us10008uph. Unique identifier: us10008uph. Exact time and date of earthquake 08/05/17 / 2017-05-08 21:15:18 / May 8, 2017 @ 9:15 pm UTC/GMT.

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

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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: 38 km SSW of Tanaga Volcano, Alaska.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	2.8 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-178.407° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	51.5809° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	20 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	38km 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	2017-05-08 21:15:18	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2017-05-25 04:09:45	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		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	0.341	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.97 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	187	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	us10008uph	Id of event.
Event Code	10008uph	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,ak16117000,us10008uph,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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