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Minor earthquake, 3.4 mag strikes near Nikolski in Alaska


Earthquake location 52.8794S, -168.2791WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 39 km E of Nikolski, Alaska (24 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -168.2791 West, latitude 52.8794 North, depth = 35 km. Id of earthquake: us6000d7g4. Event ids that are associated: ak020gtdxnsp, us6000d7g4. The 3.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 05:44:19 / 5:44 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 31/12/20 / 2020-12-31 05:44:19 / December 31, 2020 @ 5:44 am UTC/GMT. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 35 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface.

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

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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: 39 km E of Nikolski, Alaska. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -168.2791° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 52.8794° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 35 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 39 km E 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 2020-12-31 05:44:19 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2021-01-27 13:55:45 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 178 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 0.524 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.75 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 179 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mb The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us6000d7g4 Id of event.
Event Code 6000d7g4 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ak020gtdxnsp,us6000d7g4, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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