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Minor earthquake 3.7 mag, 84 km NW of Elfin Cove, Alaska


Earthquake location 58.6827S, -137.4457WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.7 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 84 km NW of Elfin Cove, Alaska (52 miles). The 3.7-magnitude earthquake was detected at 08:18:11 / 8:18 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 25/10/20 / 2020-10-25 08:18:11 / October 25, 2020 @ 8:18 am. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak020dqmk47r. Id of event: ak020dqmk47r. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -137.4457 West, latitude 58.6827 North, depth = 10.8 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10.8 km (7 miles).

There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days fourteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 84 km NW of Elfin Cove, Alaska. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.7 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -137.4457° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 58.6827° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10.8 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 84 km NW of Elfin Cove, Alaska Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-10-25 08:18:11 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-10-25 08:25:56 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 3.55 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 automatic 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 211 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 0.9 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 earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID ak020dqmk47r Id of event.
Event Code 020dqmk47r An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ak020dqmk47r, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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