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Minor earthquake, 2.8 mag was detected near Semisopochnoi Island in Alaska


Earthquake location 52.299S, 179.605WA minor earthquake with magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 38 km N of Semisopochnoi Island, Alaska (24 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 179.605 East, latitude 52.299 North, depth = 26.1 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 26.1 km (16 miles). Id of earthquake: us10005bgi. Event ids that are associated: ak13493132, us10005bgi. The temblor was reported at 14:15:08 / 2:15 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 25/04/16 / 2016-04-25 02:15:08 / April 25, 2016 @ 2:15 am.

Every year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days eighty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.

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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. 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: 38 km N of Semisopochnoi Island, Alaska.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.8 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 179.605° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 52.299° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 26.1 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 38km N of Semisopochnoi 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 2016-04-25 02:15:08 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2016-05-05 23:45:10 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 720 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 121 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 0.79 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 us10005bgi Id of event.
Event Code 10005bgi An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ak13493132,us10005bgi, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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