Minor earthquake, 2.9 mag has occurred near Yakutat in Alaska

A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 103 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska (64 miles). Global time and date of event 06/07/20 / 2020-07-06 03:48:21 / July 6, 2020 @ 3:48 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 0 km (0 miles). The temblor was picked up at 03:48:21 / 3:48 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -141.0954° West, 60.1721° North, depth 0 km. All ids that are associated to the event: ak0208mz3vp6. Unique identifier: ak0208mz3vp6.

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 seventeen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 103 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	2.9 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-141.0954° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	60.1721° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	0 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	103 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2020-07-06 03:48:21	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2020-07-06 03:54:06	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	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	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	0.98 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	ak0208mz3vp6	Id of event.
Event Code	0208mz3vp6	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,ak0208mz3vp6,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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