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Minor earthquake: M3.8 quake strikes near Nikolski in Alaska


Earthquake location 52.599S, -167.619WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.8 (mg/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 92 kilometers (57 miles) from Nikolski in Alaska. The temblor was reported at 12:10:36 / 12:10 pm (local time epicenter) at a depth of 21.6 km (13 miles). Global time of event 09/05/15 / 2015-05-09 23:10:36 / May 9, 2015 @ 11:10 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. Exact location of event, longitude -167.619 West, latitude 52.599 North, depth 21.6 km, unique identifier, us100029ic. Ids that are associated to the event, ,ak11588724,us100029ic,.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.8 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -167.619° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 52.599° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 21.6 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 92km ESE 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 2015-05-09 23:10:36 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2015-06-03 21:25:39 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 222 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 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.09 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 mb The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us100029ic Id of event.
Event Code 100029ic An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ak11588724,us100029ic, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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