Earthquakes today

Current and latest world earthquakes breaking news, activity and articles today

Small World Earthquakes

Minor earthquake, 2.9 mag strikes near Nikolski in Alaska


Earthquake location 52.2238S, -169.353WA minor earthquake magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) strikes 86 km SSW of Nikolski, Alaska (53 miles) on Saturday. Exact location, longitude -169.353° West, latitude 52.2238° North, depth = 31.5 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 02/08/15 / 2015-08-02 07:32:47 / August 2, 2015 @ 7:32 am. The epicenter was at a depth of 31.5 km (20 miles). The temblor was detected at 20:32:47 / 8:32 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: ak11667486. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak11667486.

In the past 24 hours, there have been seventeen, in the last 10 days one hundred and fourty-eight, in the past 30 days one hundred and fifty-four and in the last 365 days two hundred and thirty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

How would you describe the shaking?

Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 86 km SSW of Nikolski, Alaska.

Copyright © 2015 earthquakenewstoday.com All rights reserved.


More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.9 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -169.353° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 52.2238° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 31.5 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 86km 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 2015-08-02 07:32:47 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2015-08-10 21:00:25 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -660 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 129 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 0.59 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 ak11667486 Id of event.
Event Code 11667486 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ak11667486, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

Leave a Reply