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Minor earthquake 2.8 mag, 57 km E of Juneau, Alaska

Posted by admin on July 17, 2020 0 Comments

Earthquake location 58.3562S, -133.4462WA minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) strikes 57 kilometers (35 miles) from Juneau in Alaska on Friday. The temblor was reported at 00:20:25 / 12:20 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 17/07/20 / 2020-07-17 00:20:25 / July 17, 2020 @ 12:20 am UTC/GMT. Event id: us7000aq1t. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000aq1t. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 5 km (3 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location, longitude -133.4462° West, latitude 58.3562° North, depth = 5 km.

Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Juneau. Epicenter of the event was 57 km (36 miles) from Juneau (c. 31 300 pop).

There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 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: 57 km E of Juneau, Alaska.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.8 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -133.4462° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 58.3562° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 5 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 57 km E of Juneau, Alaska Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-07-17 00:20:25 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-07-17 01:19:19 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 us The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,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 0.571 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.51 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 59 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 us7000aq1t Id of event.
Event Code 7000aq1t An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000aq1t, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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