Minor earthquake 2.8 mag, 228 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska

A minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) strikes 228 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska (142 miles) on Friday. Event id: ak19244194. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak19244194. Exact time and date of earthquake 14/04/18 / 2018-04-14 10:57:12 / April 14, 2018 @ 10:57 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 6.3 km (4 miles). The 2.8-magnitude earthquake was detected at 23:57:12 / 11:57 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -161.8604 West, latitude 53.011 North, depth = 6.3 km.

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days thirty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. 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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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. 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: 228 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	2.8 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-161.8604° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	53.011° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	6.3 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	228km SSE of False Pass, Alaska	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2018-04-14 10:57:12	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2018-04-19 17:16:44	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	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	0.4 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	ak19244194	Id of event.
Event Code	19244194	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,ak19244194,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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Minor earthquake 2.8 mag, 228 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska

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