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


Earthquake location 54.6202S, -159.8182WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 90 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska (56 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 08/12/20 / 2020-12-08 05:54:33 / December 8, 2020 @ 5:54 am. The temblor was picked up at 05:54:33 / 5:54 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: ak020frcmuk3. Event ids that are associated: ak020frcmuk3. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 13.8 km (9 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -159.8182 West, latitude 54.6202 North, depth = 13.8 km.

In the past 24 hours, there have been fourteen, in the last 10 days fourty-three, in the past 30 days one hundred and thirty-three and in the last 365 days one thousand, three hundred and twenty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 90 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -159.8182° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 54.6202° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 13.8 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 90 km SSE 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 2020-12-08 05:54:33 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-12-16 06:23:56 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 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 0.57 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 ak020frcmuk3 Id of event.
Event Code 020frcmuk3 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ak020frcmuk3, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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