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Minor earthquake: M2.9 quake strikes near Little Sitkin Island in Alaska


Earthquake location 51.9017S, 178.448WA minor earthquake magnitude 2.9 (mg/mb) has struck on Monday, 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Little Sitkin Island in Alaska. The temblor was reported at 22:56:55 / 10:56 pm (local time epicenter) at a depth of 129.5 km (80 miles). Global time of event 12/05/15 / 2015-05-12 07:56:55 / May 12, 2015 @ 7:56 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. Exact location of event, longitude 178.448 East, latitude 51.9017 North, depth 129.5 km, unique identifier, ak11590369. Ids that are associated to the event, ,ak11590369,.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.9 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 178.448° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 51.9017° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 129.5 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 6km SW 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 2015-05-12 07:56:55 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2015-05-15 11:24:47 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 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 129 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 0.59 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 ak11590369 Id of event.
Event Code 11590369 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ak11590369, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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