Minor earthquake, 3.7 mag was detected near Atka in Alaska

A minor earthquake magnitude 3.7 (ml/mb) strikes 60 km NNW of Atka, Alaska (37 miles) on Friday. The epicenter was at a depth of 217.44 km (135 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 23/12/17 / 2017-12-23 07:31:19 / December 23, 2017 @ 7:31 am. Exact location of event, depth 217.44 km, -174.6785° West, 52.6499° North. The temblor was picked up at 19:31:19 / 7:31 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: ak17708848, us1000bwxs. Unique identifier: us1000bwxs.

Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been six, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days fifteen and in the last 365 days eighty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.

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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: 60 km NNW of Atka, Alaska.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	3.7 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-174.6785° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	52.6499° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	217.44 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	60km NNW of Atka, Alaska	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2017-12-23 07:31:19	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2018-01-03 06:00:10	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	211	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	0.438	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.49 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	130	The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type	mb	The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type	earthquake	Type of seismic event.
Event ID	us1000bwxs	Id of event.
Event Code	1000bwxs	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,ak17708848,us1000bwxs,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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