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Minor earthquake 2.8 mag, 56 km ESE of Semisopochnoi Island, Alaska


Earthquake location 51.7979S, -179.6148WA minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 56 km ESE of Semisopochnoi Island, Alaska (35 miles). Event id: us2000d3pg. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak18413965, us2000d3pg. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 118.12 km (73 miles). Exact location of event, depth 118.12 km, -179.6148° West, 51.7979° North. Exact time and date of earthquake 08/02/18 / 2018-02-08 15:13:54 / February 8, 2018 @ 3:13 pm UTC/GMT. The 2.8-magnitude earthquake was detected at 03:13:54 / 3:13 am (local time epicenter).

In the past 24 hours, there have been nine, in the last 10 days twelve, in the past 30 days eighteen and in the last 365 days six hundred and ninety-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes 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 data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 56 km ESE of Semisopochnoi Island, Alaska.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.8 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -179.6148° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 51.7979° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 118.12 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 56km ESE of Semisopochnoi Island, Alaska Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2018-02-08 15:13:54 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-03-09 22:44:49 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 121 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 0.502 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.28 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 149 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 us2000d3pg Id of event.
Event Code 2000d3pg An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ak18413965,us2000d3pg, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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