Minor earthquake, 3 mag strikes near Kodiak in Alaska

A minor earthquake magnitude 3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 247 km SE of Kodiak, Alaska (153 miles). The temblor was reported at 12:18:45 / 12:18 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 19/04/18 / 2018-04-19 22:18:45 / April 19, 2018 @ 10:18 pm. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -149.4436 West, latitude 56.2625 North, depth = 20.09 km. Id of earthquake: us1000drq5. Event ids that are associated: ak19266654, us1000drq5. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 20.09 km (12 miles).

In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-nine, in the last 10 days one hundred and three, in the past 30 days three hundred and seventy and in the last 365 days three thousand, three hundred and twelve earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world.

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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: 247 km SE of Kodiak, Alaska.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	3 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-149.4436° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	56.2625° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	20.09 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	247km SE of Kodiak, Alaska	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2018-04-19 22:18:45	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2018-04-27 23:35:00	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	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	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	2.295	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.6 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	209	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	us1000drq5	Id of event.
Event Code	1000drq5	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,ak19266654,us1000drq5,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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