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Minor earthquake, 3 mag was detected near Lorino in Russia


Earthquake location 66.5876S, -173.1407WA minor earthquake magnitude 3 (ml/mb) strikes 137 km NNW of Lorino, Russia (85 miles) on Thursday. The temblor was reported at 18:35:06 / 6:35 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -173.1407 West, latitude 66.5876 North, depth = 20 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 09/04/20 / 2020-04-09 06:35:06 / April 9, 2020 @ 6:35 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 20 km (12 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: ak0204lhitle. Unique identifier: ak0204lhitle.

In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 137 km NNW of Lorino, Russia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -173.1407° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 66.5876° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 20 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 137km NNW of Lorino, Russia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-04-09 06:35:06 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-04-17 16:06:18 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 720 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 138 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 0.52 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 ak0204lhitle Id of event.
Event Code 0204lhitle An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ak0204lhitle, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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