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Minor earthquake 3.1 mag, Off the coast of Southeastern Alaska


Earthquake location 55.9375S, -141.0647WA minor earthquake with magnitude 3.1 (ml/mb) was reported Off the coast of Southeastern Alaska (0 miles) on Thursday. The 3.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 21:47:26 / 9:47 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 20/07/18 / 2018-07-20 06:47:26 / July 20, 2018 @ 6:47 am. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -141.0647 West, latitude 55.9375 North, depth = 10 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Unique identifier: us2000g9s9. Ids that are associated to the event: ak19914984, us2000g9s9.

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

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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: Off the coast of Southeastern Alaska.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -141.0647° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 55.9375° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place Off the coast of Southeastern Alaska Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2018-07-20 06:47:26 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-08-05 07:53:19 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -540 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 148 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 3.335 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.95 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 214 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 us2000g9s9 Id of event.
Event Code 2000g9s9 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ak19914984,us2000g9s9, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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