Minor earthquake, 2.9 mag strikes near Amukta Island in Alaska

A minor earthquake magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 74 km NNW of Amukta Island, Alaska (46 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 20/12/15 / 2015-12-20 16:25:12 / December 20, 2015 @ 4:25 pm. The epicenter was at a depth of 45.73 km (28 miles). The temblor was detected at 05:25:12 / 5:25 am (local time epicenter). Event id: us10004a5b. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak12324744, us10004a5b. Exact location, longitude -171.8446° West, latitude 53.0572° North, depth = 45.73 km.

Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days twenty-nine 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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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: 74 km NNW of Amukta Island, Alaska.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	2.9 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-171.8446° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	53.0572° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	45.73 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	74km NNW of Amukta 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	2015-12-20 16:25:12	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2016-01-18 17:44:15	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	1.202	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.57 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	181	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	us10004a5b	Id of event.
Event Code	10004a5b	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,ak12324744,us10004a5b,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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