Minor earthquake, 2.86 mag was detected near Tanaga Volcano in Alaska

A minor earthquake magnitude 2.86 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 19 km E of Tanaga Volcano, Alaska (12 miles). Unique identifier: av62127531. Ids that are associated to the event: av62127531. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 2.79 km (2 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 23/01/20 / 2020-01-23 08:15:59 / January 23, 2020 @ 8:15 am. The temblor was reported at 22:15:59 / 10:15 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -177.8538333 West, latitude 51.8668333 North, depth = 2.79 km.

Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been thirty-five, in the last 10 days thirty-seven, in the past 30 days fourty-nine and in the last 365 days one hundred and eighty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year.

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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 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: 19 km E of Tanaga Volcano, Alaska.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	2.86 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-177.8538333° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	51.8668333° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	2.79 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	19km E of Tanaga Volcano, Alaska	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2020-01-23 08:15:59	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2020-01-25 01:17:13	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	126	A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network	av	The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources	,av,	A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used	6	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.05783	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.08 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	223	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	av62127531	Id of event.
Event Code	62127531	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,av62127531,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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