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Minor earthquake, 2.9 mag strikes near Lavrentiya in Russia


Earthquake location 66.1808S, -170.3345WA minor earthquake magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 73 km NNE of Lavrentiya, Russia (45 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 01/07/18 / 2018-07-01 14:57:08 / July 1, 2018 @ 2:57 pm UTC/GMT. The epicenter was at a depth of 29.4 km (18 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -170.3345 West, latitude 66.1808 North, depth = 29.4 km. The 2.9-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 02:57:08 / 2:57 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: ak19822817. Unique identifier: ak19822817.

Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days 0, in the past 30 days 0 and in the last 365 days 0 earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 73 km NNE of Lavrentiya, Russia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.9 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -170.3345° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 66.1808° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 29.4 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 73km NNE of Lavrentiya, Russia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2018-07-01 14:57:08 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-07-01 22:02:27 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 129 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 0.83 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 ak19822817 Id of event.
Event Code 19822817 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ak19822817, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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