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Minor earthquake, 3.2 mag has occurred near Nikolski in Alaska


Earthquake location 52.5885S, -168.2405WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 57 km SE of Nikolski, Alaska (35 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 01/12/20 / 2020-12-01 17:28:07 / December 1, 2020 @ 5:28 pm. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 35 km (22 miles). The temblor was reported at 17:28:07 / 5:28 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: us7000cq7y. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak020ffyuztp, us7000cq7y. Exact location of event, longitude -168.2405 West, latitude 52.5885 North, depth = 35 km.

In the past 24 hours, there have been thirty-seven, in the last 10 days fourty-five, in the past 30 days sixty and in the last 365 days one hundred and sixty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 57 km SE of Nikolski, 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 -168.2405° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 52.5885° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 35 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 57 km SE of Nikolski, Alaska Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-12-01 17:28:07 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-12-30 21:30:58 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 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 0.535 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.21 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 203 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 us7000cq7y Id of event.
Event Code 7000cq7y An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ak020ffyuztp,us7000cq7y, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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