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Minor earthquake, 2.8 mag was detected near Anchor Point in Alaska


Earthquake location 59.4288S, -152.2797WA minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) strikes 46 kilometers (29 miles) from Anchor Point in Alaska on Tuesday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 55.4 km (34 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 27/02/18 / 2018-02-27 15:27:09 / February 27, 2018 @ 3:27 pm. Exact location of earthquake, -152.2797° West, 59.4288° North, depth 55.4 km. The 2.8-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 05:27:09 / 5:27 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: ak18563946. Event ids that are associated: ak18563946.

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Event epicenter was 48 km (30 miles) from Homer (c. 5 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Homer (min 5000 pop).

There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days twelve and in the last 365 days ninety-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 46 km SSW of Anchor Point, Alaska. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.8 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -152.2797° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 59.4288° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 55.4 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 46km SSW of Anchor Point, Alaska Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2018-02-27 15:27:09 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-02-27 15:36:37 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -600 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 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 121 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 0.55 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 ak18563946 Id of event.
Event Code 18563946 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ak18563946, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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