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Minor earthquake 2.6 mag, 29 km SSE of Little Sitkin Island, Alaska


Earthquake location 51.7252S, 178.7239WA minor earthquake magnitude 2.6 (mg/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 29 kilometers (18 miles) from Little Sitkin Island in Alaska. The temblor was reported at 12:37:06 / 12:37 am (local time epicenter) at a depth of 90.9 km (56 miles). Global time of event 2014-10-16 09:37:06 UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. Exact location of event, longitude 178.7239 East, latitude 51.7252 North, depth 90.9 km.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.6 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 178.7239° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 51.7252° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 90.9 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 29km SSE of Little Sitkin Island, Alaska Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2014-10-16 09:37:06 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2014-10-20 20:29:59 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -540 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 0 The total number of felt reports
CDI 1 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 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 104 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 0.18 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 ak11424082 Id of event.
Event Code 11424082 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ak11424082 A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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