Minor earthquake, 2.8 mag was detected near Amukta Island in Alaska

A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) was reported 105 km SW of Amukta Island, Alaska (65 miles) on Monday. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 31/03/20 / 2020-03-31 01:49:46 / March 31, 2020 @ 1:49 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 35 km (22 miles). Exact location of event, depth 35 km, -172.3887° West, 51.8465° North. Event id: us70008slh. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak02046ism40, us70008slh. The temblor was reported at 14:49:46 / 2:49 pm (local time epicenter).

Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been six, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days eleven and in the last 365 days sixty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 105 km SW of Amukta Island, Alaska. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	2.8 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-172.3887° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	51.8465° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	35 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	105km SW of Amukta 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	2020-03-31 01:49:46	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2020-04-20 23:20:08	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	121	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	1.139	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.24 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	213	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	us70008slh	Id of event.
Event Code	70008slh	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,ak02046ism40,us70008slh,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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