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Minor earthquake, 3 mag strikes near Chernabura Island in Alaska


Earthquake location 54.4035S, -160.7075WA minor earthquake magnitude 3 (ml/mb) strikes 85 km WSW of Chernabura Island, Alaska (53 miles) on Thursday. Exact time and date of earthquake 19/07/18 / 2018-07-19 15:04:17 / July 19, 2018 @ 3:04 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 61.8 km (38 miles). The temblor was picked up at 04:04:17 / 4:04 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: ak19905201. Event ids that are associated: ak19905201. Exact location of event, longitude -160.7075 West, latitude 54.4035 North, depth = 61.8 km.

There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been seven, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days thirteen and in the last 365 days ninety-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 85 km WSW of Chernabura Island, Alaska. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -160.7075° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 54.4035° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 61.8 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 85km WSW of Chernabura 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 2018-07-19 15:04:17 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-07-19 16:28:49 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 138 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 ak19905201 Id of event.
Event Code 19905201 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ak19905201, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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