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Minor earthquake, 3 mag strikes near Alaska


Earthquake location 56.487S, -149.0334WA minor earthquake with magnitude 3 (ml/mb) was reported Gulf of Alaska (0 miles) on Wednesday. All ids that are associated to the event: ak18300250. Unique identifier: ak18300250. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 24/01/18 / 2018-01-24 15:57:19 / January 24, 2018 @ 3:57 pm. The 3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 15:57:19 / 3:57 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -149.0334 West, latitude 56.487 North, depth = 10.9 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 10.9 km (7 miles).

In the past 24 hours, there have been six hundred and ninety-two, in the last 10 days eight hundred and twenty-six, in the past 30 days eight hundred and twenty-six and in the last 365 days eight hundred and thirty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -149.0334° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 56.487° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10.9 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place Gulf of Alaska Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2018-01-24 15:57:19 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-02-03 02:33:07 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 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 138 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 0.45 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 ak18300250 Id of event.
Event Code 18300250 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ak18300250, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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