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Minor earthquake, 2.8 mag was detected near Atka in Alaska


Earthquake location 52.3289S, -174.5568WA minor earthquake with magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 28 km WNW of Atka, Alaska (17 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -174.5568 West, latitude 52.3289 North, depth = 201.57 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 201.57 km (125 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 23/09/18 / 2018-09-23 06:32:59 / September 23, 2018 @ 6:32 am. Id of earthquake: us1000h3di. Event ids that are associated: ak20261126, us1000h3di. The temblor was detected at 20:32:59 / 8:32 pm (local time epicenter).

Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been eight, in the last 10 days ten, in the past 30 days twelve and in the last 365 days one hundred and fourty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 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: 28 km WNW of Atka, Alaska.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.8 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -174.5568° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 52.3289° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 201.57 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 28km WNW of Atka, Alaska Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2018-09-23 06:32:59 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-10-19 08:32:11 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 121 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 0.217 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.23 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 160 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 us1000h3di Id of event.
Event Code 1000h3di An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ak20261126,us1000h3di, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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