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Minor earthquake: M3.2 quake has struck near Perryville in Alaska


Earthquake location 55.0739S, -158.1379WA minor earthquake with magnitude 3.2 (ml/mb) was reported 112 km SE of Perryville, Alaska (70 miles) on Thursday. Unique identifier: ak020eke7jw0. Ids that are associated to the event: ak020eke7jw0. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -158.1379 West, latitude 55.0739 North, depth = 27.6 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 12/11/20 / 2020-11-12 08:14:31 / November 12, 2020 @ 8:14 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 27.6 km (17 miles). The temblor was picked up at 08:14:31 / 8:14 am (local time epicenter).

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

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 112 km SE of Perryville, Alaska. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -158.1379° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 55.0739° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 27.6 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 112 km SE of Perryville, Alaska Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-11-12 08:14:31 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-12-01 01:07:06 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 158 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 0.5 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 ak020eke7jw0 Id of event.
Event Code 020eke7jw0 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ak020eke7jw0, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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