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Minor earthquake, 2.8 mag was detected near Nikiski in Alaska


Earthquake location 60.75S, -151.3217WA minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) strikes 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Nikiski in Alaska on Saturday. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 25/04/20 / 2020-04-25 17:58:19 / April 25, 2020 @ 5:58 pm. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 55.1 km (34 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event id: ak0205c4t33g. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak0205c4t33g. Exact location of event, longitude -151.3217 West, latitude 60.75 North, depth = 55.1 km. The 2.8-magnitude earthquake was detected at 08:58:19 / 8:58 am (local time epicenter).

The epicenter was 37 km (23 miles) from Kalifornsky (c. 7 900 pop), 22 km (14 miles) from Kenai (c. 7 100 pop), 38 km (24 miles) from Sterling (c. 5 600 pop). Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sterling, Kalifornsky, Kenai.

Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days ninety-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.

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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 6 km NNW of Nikiski, Alaska.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.8 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -151.3217° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 60.75° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 55.1 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 6km NNW of Nikiski, Alaska Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-04-25 17:58:19 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-04-25 18:04:56 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 automatic 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 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 0.62 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 ak0205c4t33g Id of event.
Event Code 0205c4t33g An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ak0205c4t33g, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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