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Minor earthquake, 3.1 mag has occurred near Juneau in Alaska

Posted by admin on August 12, 2020 0 Comments

Earthquake location 58.3577S, -133.4995WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 54 kilometers (34 miles) from Juneau in Alaska. The 3.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 00:02:44 / 12:02 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 12/08/20 / 2020-08-12 00:02:44 / August 12, 2020 @ 12:02 am. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000bd18. Id of event: us6000bd18. Exact location of event, depth 5 km, -133.4995° West, 58.3577° North. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 5 km (3 miles) below the earth’s surface.

Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Juneau (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 54 km (34 miles) from Juneau (c. 31 300 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).

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

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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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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -133.4995° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 58.3577° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 5 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 2020-08-12 00:02:44 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-08-12 00:28:07 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 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 0.544 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.53 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 57 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 us6000bd18 Id of event.
Event Code 6000bd18 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000bd18, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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