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Minor earthquake, 2.9 mag strikes near Juneau in Alaska

Posted by admin on July 24, 2020 0 Comments

Earthquake location 58.3418S, -133.4817WA minor earthquake magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 55 kilometers (34 miles) from Juneau in Alaska. Exact location of event, depth 2.4 km, -133.4817° West, 58.3418° North. Global time and date of event 19/07/20 / 2020-07-19 19:23:31 / July 19, 2020 @ 7:23 pm UTC/GMT. The 2.9-magnitude earthquake was detected at 19:23:31 / 7:23 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 2.4 km (1 miles). Unique identifier: ak02098qgznh. Ids that are associated to the event: ak02098qgznh.

Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Juneau (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 55 km (34 miles) from Juneau (c. 31 300 pop).

Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been nine, in the last 10 days seventeen, in the past 30 days seventeen and in the last 365 days nineteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.

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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. 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: 55 km E of Juneau, Alaska.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.9 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -133.4817° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 58.3418° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 2.4 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 55 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 2020-07-19 19:23:31 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-07-24 07:54:08 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 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 0.52 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 other event Type of seismic event.
Event ID ak02098qgznh Id of event.
Event Code 02098qgznh An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ak02098qgznh, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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