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Minor earthquake, 2.8 mag has occurred near Amatignak Island in Alaska


Earthquake location 49.9222S, -179.1059WA minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) strikes 149 km S of Amatignak Island, Alaska (93 miles) on Saturday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -179.1059 West, latitude 49.9222 North, depth = 11.15 km. Event id: us2000a2y4. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak16391349, us2000a2y4. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 11.15 km (7 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 2.8-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 04:21:31 / 4:21 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 08/07/17 / 2017-07-08 16:21:31 / July 8, 2017 @ 4:21 pm UTC/GMT.

Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days fifteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 149 km S of Amatignak Island, Alaska.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.8 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -179.1059° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 49.9222° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 11.15 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 149km S of Amatignak Island, Alaska Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2017-07-08 16:21:31 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2017-08-07 15:54:23 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -720 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 1.775 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.12 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 285 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 us2000a2y4 Id of event.
Event Code 2000a2y4 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ak16391349,us2000a2y4, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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