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Minor earthquake, 3.9 mag was detected near Haines Junction in Canada


Earthquake location 61.2317S, -139.5649WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.9 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 123 km WNW of Haines Junction, Canada (76 miles). The temblor was picked up at 05:40:29 / 5:40 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 12.1 km (8 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global time and date of event 01/02/18 / 2018-02-01 13:40:29 / February 1, 2018 @ 1:40 pm UTC/GMT. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak18274178. Id of event: ak18274178. Exact location, longitude -139.5649° West, latitude 61.2317° North, depth = 12.1 km.

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

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 123 km WNW of Haines Junction, Canada. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.9 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -139.5649° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 61.2317° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 12.1 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 123km WNW of Haines Junction, Canada Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2018-02-01 13:40:29 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-02-01 13:49:07 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -480 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 3.9 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 234 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 0.92 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 ak18274178 Id of event.
Event Code 18274178 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ak18274178, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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