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Minor earthquake 3.2 mag, 83 km SSW of Nikolski, Alaska


Earthquake location 52.3131S, -169.5447WA minor earthquake with magnitude 3.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 83 km SSW of Nikolski, Alaska (52 miles). The temblor was picked up at 23:17:51 / 11:17 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: ak11657983. Event ids that are associated: ak11657983. Exact location of earthquake, -169.5447° West, 52.3131° North, depth 25.8 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 27/07/15 / 2015-07-27 10:17:51 / July 27, 2015 @ 10:17 am. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 25.8 km (16 miles) below the earth’s surface.

In the past 24 hours, there have been ninety-four, in the last 10 days ninety-seven, in the past 30 days one hundred and three and in the last 365 days one hundred and eighty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 83 km SSW of Nikolski, Alaska. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -169.5447° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 52.3131° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 25.8 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 83km SSW 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 2015-07-27 10:17:51 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2015-07-31 01:51:20 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 158 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 19 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 0.55 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 215.99998272 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 ak11657983 Id of event.
Event Code 11657983 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ak11657983, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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