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Minor earthquake, 3.1 mag was detected near Sand Point in Alaska


Earthquake location 54.8172S, -159.6093WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.1 (ml/mb) strikes 81 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska (50 miles) on Wednesday. Exact location, longitude -159.6093° West, latitude 54.8172° North, depth = 22.99 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 22/07/20 / 2020-07-22 10:15:56 / July 22, 2020 @ 10:15 am. The epicenter was at a depth of 22.99 km (14 miles). The temblor was picked up at 10:15:56 / 10:15 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us7000at0u. Event ids that are associated: ak0209djogvv, us7000at0u.

In the past 24 hours, there have been two hundred and thirteen, in the last 10 days two hundred and thirteen, in the past 30 days two hundred and fourteen and in the last 365 days two hundred and fifty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. 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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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 81 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -159.6093° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 54.8172° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 22.99 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 81 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-07-22 10:15:56 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-08-16 12:58:31 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 ,ak,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 0.018 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.71 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 242 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 us7000at0u Id of event.
Event Code 7000at0u An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ak0209djogvv,us7000at0u, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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