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Minor earthquake, 3.1 mag has occurred near Juneau in Alaska


Earthquake location 58.4351S, -133.6346WA minor earthquake with magnitude 3.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 48 kilometers (30 miles) from Juneau in Alaska. The epicenter was at a depth of 4.9 km (3 miles). The temblor was picked up at 03:29:02 / 3:29 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: ak0209lpa1yi. Event ids that are associated: us6000b9fh, ak0209lpa1yi. Exact location of event, longitude -133.6346 West, latitude 58.4351 North, depth = 4.9 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 27/07/20 / 2020-07-27 03:29:02 / July 27, 2020 @ 3:29 am.

The epicenter was 48 km (30 miles) from Juneau (c. 31 300 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Juneau (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).

Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been fifteen, in the last 10 days thirty-three, in the past 30 days thirty-eight and in the last 365 days fourty 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.

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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. 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: 48 km ENE of Juneau, Alaska.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -133.6346° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 58.4351° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 4.9 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 48 km ENE 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 2020-07-27 03:29:02 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-08-05 16:30:14 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 148 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 ,us,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 0.66 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 ak0209lpa1yi Id of event.
Event Code 0209lpa1yi An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000b9fh,ak0209lpa1yi, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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