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Minor earthquake, 2.9 mag was detected near Nikolski in Alaska


Earthquake location 52.1812S, -169.2927WA minor earthquake magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 89 km SSW of Nikolski, Alaska (55 miles). Exact location of earthquake, -169.2927° West, 52.1812° North, depth 21.2 km. The 2.9-magnitude earthquake was detected at 12:33:13 / 12:33 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: ak11664187, us10002xpj. Unique identifier: us10002xpj. Global time and date of event 29/07/15 / 2015-07-29 23:33:13 / July 29, 2015 @ 11:33 pm UTC/GMT. The epicenter was at a depth of 21.2 km (13 miles).

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

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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. 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: 89 km SSW of Nikolski, Alaska.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.9 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -169.2927° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 52.1812° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 21.2 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 89km 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 23:33:13 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2015-08-19 03:18:43 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 129 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network us The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,ak,us, 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 1.12 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 223 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 us10002xpj Id of event.
Event Code 10002xpj An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ak11664187,us10002xpj, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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