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Minor earthquake, 2.9 mag was detected near Tanaga Volcano in Alaska


Earthquake location 52.6183S, -178.8423WA minor earthquake magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 94 km NNW of Tanaga Volcano, Alaska (58 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -178.8423 West, latitude 52.6183 North, depth = 180 km. Global time and date of event 21/09/17 / 2017-09-21 00:17:16 / September 21, 2017 @ 12:17 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was reported at 12:17:16 / 12:17 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 180 km (112 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event id: ak16911531. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak16911531.

Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days three hundred and two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.

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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: 94 km NNW of Tanaga Volcano, Alaska. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.9 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -178.8423° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 52.6183° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 180 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 94km NNW 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 2017-09-21 00:17:16 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2017-09-26 17:50:46 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 129 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 0.6 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 ak16911531 Id of event.
Event Code 16911531 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ak16911531, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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