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Minor earthquake: M3.1 quake has struck near Tanaga Volcano in Alaska

Posted by admin on May 26, 2017 0 Comments

Earthquake location 51.5281S, -178.4225WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 44 km SSW of Tanaga Volcano, Alaska (27 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 08/05/17 / 2017-05-08 21:51:20 / May 8, 2017 @ 9:51 pm. Id of earthquake: us10008uq2. Event ids that are associated: ak15995898, us10008uq2. The 3.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 11:51:20 / 11:51 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -178.4225 West, latitude 51.5281 North, depth = 14.79 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 14.79 km (9 miles) below the earth’s surface.

In the past 24 hours, there have been three hundred and four, in the last 10 days three hundred and sixty-five, in the past 30 days three hundred and seventy and in the last 365 days four hundred and ninety-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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: 44 km SSW of Tanaga Volcano, Alaska.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -178.4225° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 51.5281° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 14.79 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 44km 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 21:51:20 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2017-05-26 01:51:50 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 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 0.325 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.48 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 194 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 us10008uq2 Id of event.
Event Code 10008uq2 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ak15995898,us10008uq2, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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