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Minor earthquake: M2.8 quake has struck near Anchor Point in Alaska


Earthquake location 59.8139S, -152.4003WA minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 32 kilometers (20 miles) from Anchor Point in Alaska. Exact location of event, longitude -152.4003 West, latitude 59.8139 North, depth = 102.3 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 102.3 km (64 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 25/08/17 / 2017-08-25 05:54:29 / August 25, 2017 @ 5:54 am. Id of earthquake: ak16662306. Event ids that are associated: ak16662306. The 2.8-magnitude earthquake was detected at 20:54:29 / 8:54 pm (local time epicenter).

Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Homer. Earthquake epicenter was 51 km (32 miles) from Homer (c. 5 000 pop). Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected).

In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days one hundred and twenty-three 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 earthquakes 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: 32 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.8 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -152.4003° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 59.8139° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 102.3 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 32km W of Anchor Point, Alaska Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2017-08-25 05:54:29 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2017-08-25 06:03:44 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -540 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 automatic 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 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 0.69 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 ak16662306 Id of event.
Event Code 16662306 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ak16662306, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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