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Minor earthquake, 3.4 mag strikes near Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska


Earthquake location 51.627S, -178.4055WA minor earthquake with magnitude 3.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska (0 miles). Event id: ak16016665. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak16016665. The temblor was reported at 07:19:55 / 7:19 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 11.1 km (7 miles). Global time and date of event 10/05/17 / 2017-05-10 07:19:55 / May 10, 2017 @ 7:19 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, longitude -178.4055 West, latitude 51.627 North, depth = 11.1 km.

In the past 24 hours, there have been one hundred and thirty-one, in the last 10 days four hundred and fourty-seven, in the past 30 days four hundred and fifty-four and in the last 365 days five hundred and eighty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world.

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage 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: Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -178.4055° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 51.627° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 11.1 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 2017-05-10 07:19:55 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2017-05-30 05:00:23 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 2.02 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 178 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 0.51 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 ak16016665 Id of event.
Event Code 16016665 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ak16016665, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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