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Minor earthquake, 3 mag has occurred near Juneau in Alaska


Earthquake location 58.3851S, -133.4964WA minor earthquake magnitude 3 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 54 kilometers (34 miles) from Juneau in Alaska. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -133.4964 West, latitude 58.3851 North, depth = 10 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 28/07/20 / 2020-07-28 12:52:37 / July 28, 2020 @ 12:52 pm. All ids that are associated to the event: us6000b5ag. Unique identifier: us6000b5ag. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The temblor was reported at 12:52:37 / 12:52 pm (local time epicenter).

Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Juneau (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 55 km (34 miles) from Juneau (c. 31 300 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days nineteen, in the past 30 days twenty-seven and in the last 365 days twenty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 54 km E of Juneau, Alaska.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -133.4964° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 58.3851° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 54 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 2020-07-28 12:52:37 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-07-28 13:41:08 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 138 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 0.55 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.64 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 62 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 us6000b5ag Id of event.
Event Code 6000b5ag An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000b5ag, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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