Minor earthquake, 3.2 mag strikes near Semisopochnoi Island in Alaska

A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.2 (ml/mb) was reported 61 km SSE of Semisopochnoi Island, Alaska (38 miles) on Tuesday. Event id: us70009mms. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak0206e2xikf, us70009mms. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 67.77 km (42 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 179.9806 East, latitude 51.4503 North, depth = 67.77 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 18/05/20 / 2020-05-18 12:14:34 / May 18, 2020 @ 12:14 pm. The 3.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 00:14:34 / 12:14 am (local time epicenter).

In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days seventy-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 61 km SSE of Semisopochnoi Island, Alaska.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	3.2 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	179.9806° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	51.4503° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	67.77 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	61km SSE of Semisopochnoi 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	2020-05-18 12:14:34	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2020-05-25 10:15:46	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	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	0.432	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.29 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	179	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	us70009mms	Id of event.
Event Code	70009mms	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,ak0206e2xikf,us70009mms,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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