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Minor earthquake 3.4 mag, 48 km SW of Tanaga Volcano, Alaska

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Earthquake location 51.5231S, -178.5431WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.4 (ml/mb) strikes 48 km SW of Tanaga Volcano, Alaska (30 miles) on Monday. Id of earthquake: us10008v08. Event ids that are associated: ak15998901, us10008v08. Exact location of event, longitude -178.5431 West, latitude 51.5231 North, depth = 8.96 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 09/05/17 / 2017-05-09 00:11:32 / May 9, 2017 @ 12:11 am. The epicenter was at a depth of 8.96 km (6 miles). The temblor was reported at 14:11:32 / 2:11 pm (local time epicenter).

Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been four hundred and sixteen, in the last 10 days five hundred and one, in the past 30 days five hundred and six and in the last 365 days six hundred and thirty-one 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.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 48 km SW of Tanaga Volcano, Alaska. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -178.5431° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 51.5231° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 8.96 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 48km SW 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 2017-05-09 00:11:32 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2017-06-03 03:16:01 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 178 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 0.289 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.43 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 192 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 us10008v08 Id of event.
Event Code 10008v08 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ak15998901,us10008v08, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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