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Minor earthquake: M3.2 quake has struck near Amatignak Island in Alaska


Earthquake location 50.2246S, 178.7837WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.2 (ml/mb) strikes 188 km SW of Amatignak Island, Alaska (117 miles) on Friday. The temblor was picked up at 02:57:29 / 2:57 am (local time epicenter). Event id: ak11670488. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak11670488. Exact location of event, longitude 178.7837 East, latitude 50.2246 North, depth = 15.6 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 06/08/15 / 2015-08-06 14:57:29 / August 6, 2015 @ 2:57 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 15.6 km (10 miles) below the earth’s surface.

Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days twenty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year.

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 188 km SW of Amatignak Island, Alaska. This information 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 178.7837° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 50.2246° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 15.6 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 188km SW of Amatignak 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 2015-08-06 14:57:29 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2015-08-07 01:31:14 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 720 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt The total number of felt reports
CDI 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 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 0.45 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 ak11670488 Id of event.
Event Code 11670488 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ak11670488, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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