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Minor earthquake, 3.2 mag has occurred near Adak in Alaska


Earthquake location 51.4821S, -176.7612WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.2 (ml/mb) strikes 44 km S of Adak, Alaska (27 miles) on Thursday. The 3.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 19:10:53 / 7:10 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 03/04/20 / 2020-04-03 05:10:53 / April 3, 2020 @ 5:10 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 33.83 km (21 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, longitude -176.7612 West, latitude 51.4821 North, depth = 33.83 km. Event id: us70008vij. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak0204bjk1t9, us70008vij.

In the past 24 hours, there have been six, in the last 10 days eleven, in the past 30 days twenty-three and in the last 365 days three hundred and twenty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 44 km S of Adak, Alaska.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -176.7612° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 51.4821° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 33.83 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 44km S of Adak, Alaska Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-04-03 05:10:53 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-04-18 06:42:56 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 158 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 ,ak,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 0.403 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.33 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 211 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 us70008vij Id of event.
Event Code 70008vij An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ak0204bjk1t9,us70008vij, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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