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Minor earthquake: M2.8 quake has struck near Attu Station in Alaska


Earthquake location 51.3328S, 174.622WA minor earthquake with magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 195 km SSE of Attu Station, Alaska (121 miles). Global time and date of event 24/06/20 / 2020-06-24 18:10:47 / June 24, 2020 @ 6:10 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, depth 25.6 km, 174.622° East, 51.3328° North. The 2.8-magnitude earthquake was detected at 18:10:47 / 6:10 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 25.6 km (16 miles). Unique identifier: ak02083dda21. Ids that are associated to the event: ak02083dda21.

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 0, in the last 10 days 0, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days ten earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 195 km SSE of Attu Station, Alaska. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.8 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 174.622° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 51.3328° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 25.6 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 195 km SSE of Attu Station, Alaska Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-06-24 18:10:47 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-06-27 08:02:45 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 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 0.53 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 ak02083dda21 Id of event.
Event Code 02083dda21 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ak02083dda21, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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