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Minor earthquake, 3.1 mag was detected near Chernabura Island in Alaska


Earthquake location 54.6138S, -160.5888WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.1 (ml/mb) strikes 69 km WSW of Chernabura Island, Alaska (43 miles) on Wednesday. The temblor was reported at 12:17:19 / 12:17 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: us600089uh. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us600089uh. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 12.32 km (8 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 04/03/20 / 2020-03-04 23:17:19 / March 4, 2020 @ 11:17 pm. Exact location of event, longitude -160.5888 West, latitude 54.6138 North, depth = 12.32 km.

Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days sixty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 130,000 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: 69 km WSW of Chernabura Island, Alaska.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -160.5888° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 54.6138° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 12.32 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 69km WSW of Chernabura Island, Alaska Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-03-04 23:17:19 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-03-05 00:51:20 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -660 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 ,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 0.619 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.44 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 191 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 us600089uh Id of event.
Event Code 600089uh An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us600089uh, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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