Minor earthquake, 2.9 mag was detected near Gambell in Alaska

A minor earthquake magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) strikes 63 km SSW of Gambell, Alaska (39 miles) on Wednesday. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 17/01/18 / 2018-01-17 16:01:09 / January 17, 2018 @ 4:01 pm. The temblor was picked up at 05:01:09 / 5:01 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak18203528, us2000cq7g. Id of event: us2000cq7g. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -172.2137 West, latitude 63.249 North, depth = 14.58 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 14.58 km (9 miles).

In the past 24 hours, there have been seven, in the last 10 days fifteen, in the past 30 days fifteen and in the last 365 days twenty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year.

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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: 63 km SSW of Gambell, Alaska.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	2.9 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-172.2137° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	63.249° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	14.58 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	63km SSW of Gambell, Alaska	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2018-01-17 16:01:09	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2018-01-29 01:39:34	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset	-660	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	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	0.576	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	1.02 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	254	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	us2000cq7g	Id of event.
Event Code	2000cq7g	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,ak18203528,us2000cq7g,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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