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Minor earthquake 3.5 mag, 126 km SE of Old Iliamna, Alaska


Earthquake location 58.868S, -153.524WA minor earthquake with magnitude 3.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 126 km SE of Old Iliamna, Alaska (78 miles). Global time and date of event 31/01/20 / 2020-01-31 06:58:43 / January 31, 2020 @ 6:58 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -153.524 West, latitude 58.868 North, depth = 5.58 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us60007l4n. Unique identifier: us60007l4n. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 5.58 km (3 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was reported at 21:58:43 / 9:58 pm (local time epicenter).

In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days fifty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year.

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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. 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: 126 km SE of Old Iliamna, Alaska.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -153.524° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 58.868° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 5.58 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 126km SE of Old Iliamna, Alaska Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-01-31 06:58:43 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-01-31 08:00:37 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 188 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 ,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 0.087 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.34 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 56 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mb The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us60007l4n Id of event.
Event Code 60007l4n An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us60007l4n, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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