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Minor earthquake, 2.8 mag was detected near Alaska Peninsula


Earthquake location 57.1118S, -158.2169WA minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, Alaska Peninsula (0 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 05/04/16 / 2016-04-05 06:01:57 / April 5, 2016 @ 6:01 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -158.2169 West, latitude 57.1118 North, depth = 10.4 km. The temblor was picked up at 06:01:57 / 6:01 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: ak13427899. Event ids that are associated: ak13427899. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10.4 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface.

In the past 24 hours, there have been eleven, in the last 10 days sixty-one, in the past 30 days sixty-two and in the last 365 days ninety-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world each year.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.8 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -158.2169° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 57.1118° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10.4 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place Alaska Peninsula Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2016-04-05 06:01:57 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2016-04-12 16:46:23 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 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 121 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 17 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 0.96 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 187.199985024 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 ak13427899 Id of event.
Event Code 13427899 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ak13427899, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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