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Minor earthquake 2.9 mag, 143 km WNW of Haines Junction, Canada


Earthquake location 61.1315S, -140.0414WA minor earthquake with magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) was reported 143 km WNW of Haines Junction, Canada (89 miles) on Sunday. Exact time and date of earthquake 31/05/20 / 2020-05-31 22:59:15 / May 31, 2020 @ 10:59 pm UTC/GMT. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was reported at 22:59:15 / 10:59 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -140.0414° West, latitude 61.1315° North, depth = 10 km. All ids that are associated to the event: ak0206zr4zb1, us6000a6aw. Unique identifier: us6000a6aw.

There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.

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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 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: 143 km WNW of Haines Junction, Canada.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.9 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -140.0414° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 61.1315° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 143 km WNW of Haines Junction, Canada Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-05-31 22:59:15 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-06-11 04:04:30 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 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 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 0.203 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.63 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 57 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 us6000a6aw Id of event.
Event Code 6000a6aw An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ak0206zr4zb1,us6000a6aw, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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