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Minor earthquake 2.9 mag, 258 km S of Chirikof Island, Alaska


Earthquake location 53.5106S, -155.8424WA minor earthquake magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 258 km S of Chirikof Island, Alaska (160 miles). The 2.9-magnitude earthquake was detected at 08:30:27 / 8:30 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 11 km (7 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -155.8424 West, latitude 53.5106 North, depth = 11 km. Global time and date of event 23/04/20 / 2020-04-23 18:30:27 / April 23, 2020 @ 6:30 pm UTC/GMT. Unique identifier: ak02058u5utf. Ids that are associated to the event: ak02058u5utf.

There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days 0, in the past 30 days 0 and in the last 365 days one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage 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: 258 km S of Chirikof Island, Alaska.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.9 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -155.8424° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 53.5106° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 11 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 258km S of Chirikof 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 2020-04-23 18:30:27 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-04-30 14:45:27 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 129 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 0.65 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 ak02058u5utf Id of event.
Event Code 02058u5utf An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ak02058u5utf, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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