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Minor earthquake, 3.3 mag has occurred near Akutan in Alaska


Earthquake location 53.9143S, -164.7004WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 74 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska (46 miles). Exact location of event, depth 24.91 km, -164.7004° West, 53.9143° North. The temblor was reported at 03:13:07 / 3:13 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 06/11/20 / 2020-11-06 03:13:07 / November 6, 2020 @ 3:13 am UTC/GMT. The epicenter was at a depth of 24.91 km (15 miles). Id of earthquake: us6000cr9v. Event ids that are associated: ak020eae01h0, us6000cr9v.

Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been six, in the last 10 days twelve, in the past 30 days sixteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and twenty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 74 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -164.7004° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 53.9143° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 24.91 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 74 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-11-06 03:13:07 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-11-21 22:02:19 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 168 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 0.579 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.32 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 196 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 us6000cr9v Id of event.
Event Code 6000cr9v An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ak020eae01h0,us6000cr9v, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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