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Minor earthquake 2.9 mag, 73 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska


Earthquake location 52.7486S, -167.8264WA minor earthquake with magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) was reported 73 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska (45 miles) on Tuesday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -167.8264 West, latitude 52.7486 North, depth = 25.6 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 11/08/15 / 2015-08-11 22:07:21 / August 11, 2015 @ 10:07 pm. Unique identifier: ak11676129. Ids that are associated to the event: ak11676129. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 25.6 km (16 miles). The temblor was picked up at 11:07:21 / 11:07 am (local time epicenter).

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

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 73 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.9 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -167.8264° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 52.7486° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 25.6 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 73km 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 2015-08-11 22:07:21 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2015-08-19 22:11:49 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 31 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 201.599983872 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 ak11676129 Id of event.
Event Code 11676129 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ak11676129, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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