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Minor earthquake 3.2 mag, 108 km SSW of Nikolski, Alaska


Earthquake location 51.9969S, -169.2808WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.2 (ml/mb) strikes 108 km SSW of Nikolski, Alaska (67 miles) on Thursday. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak11697908. Id of event: ak11697908. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -169.2808 West, latitude 51.9969 North, depth = 30.5 km. The temblor was reported at 17:01:54 / 5:01 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 11/09/15 / 2015-09-11 04:01:54 / September 11, 2015 @ 4:01 am. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 30.5 km (19 miles) below the earth’s surface.

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

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 108 km SSW of Nikolski, 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 -169.2808° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 51.9969° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 30.5 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 108km 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 2015-09-11 04:01:54 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2015-09-19 09:19:49 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 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 0.46 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 ak11697908 Id of event.
Event Code 11697908 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ak11697908, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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