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Minor earthquake 2.8 mag, 112 km SSW of Nikolski, Alaska


Earthquake location 51.985S, -169.417WA minor earthquake with magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 112 km SSW of Nikolski, Alaska (70 miles). The temblor was reported at 11:30:16 / 11:30 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 29/07/15 / 2015-07-29 22:30:16 / July 29, 2015 @ 10:30 pm. Exact location, longitude -169.417° West, latitude 51.985° North, depth = 34 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 34 km (21 miles) below the earth’s surface. Unique identifier: ak11663924. Ids that are associated to the event: ak11663924.

In the past 24 hours, there have been thirty-five, in the last 10 days one hundred and thirty-six, in the past 30 days one hundred and fourty and in the last 365 days two hundred and twenty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Every year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 112 km SSW of Nikolski, Alaska. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.8 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -169.417° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 51.985° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 34 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 112km 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 2015-07-29 22:30:16 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2015-08-04 01:01:59 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 121 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 22 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 0.53 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 208.799983296 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 ak11663924 Id of event.
Event Code 11663924 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ak11663924, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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