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Minor earthquake: M3.5 quake strikes near Chernabura Island in Alaska


Earthquake location 53.1766S, -159.9985WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.5 (mg/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 181 kilometers (112 miles) from Chernabura Island in Alaska. The temblor was reported at 15:50:18 / 3:50 pm (local time epicenter) at a depth of 2.8 km (2 miles). Global time of event 13/05/15 / 2015-05-13 02:50:18 / May 13, 2015 @ 2:50 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. Exact location of event, longitude -159.9985 West, latitude 53.1766 North, depth 2.8 km, unique identifier, ak11593535. Ids that are associated to the event, ,ak11593535,.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -159.9985° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 53.1766° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 2.8 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 181km S of Chernabura 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 2015-05-13 02:50:18 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2015-05-17 10:06:26 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -660 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 188 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 16 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 0.61 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 251.99997984 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 ak11593535 Id of event.
Event Code 11593535 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ak11593535, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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