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Minor earthquake 3 mag, 26 km WNW of Sitka, Alaska

Posted by admin on January 2, 2020 0 Comments

Earthquake location 57.109S, -135.7512WA minor earthquake magnitude 3 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 26 kilometers (16 miles) from Sitka in Alaska. Exact time and date of earthquake 02/01/20 / 2020-01-02 07:02:17 / January 2, 2020 @ 7:02 am UTC/GMT. The epicenter was at a depth of 4 km (2 miles). Exact location of earthquake, -135.7512° West, 57.109° North, depth 4 km. The 3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 22:02:17 / 10:02 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: ak0203f96yh. Event ids that are associated: ak0203f96yh.

Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Sitka. Epicenter of the event was 26 km (16 miles) from Sitka (c. 8 900 pop).

There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days one 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.

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 26 km WNW of Sitka, Alaska.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -135.7512° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 57.109° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 4 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 26km WNW of Sitka, Alaska Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-01-02 07:02:17 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-01-02 19:03:34 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -540 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 1 The total number of felt reports
CDI 4.3 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 139 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 0.85 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 ak0203f96yh Id of event.
Event Code 0203f96yh An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ak0203f96yh, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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