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Minor earthquake: M2.9 quake has struck near False Pass in Alaska


Earthquake location 55.0967S, -163.9394WA minor earthquake magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) strikes 43 km NW of False Pass, Alaska (27 miles) on Sunday. Exact location of event, longitude -163.9394 West, latitude 55.0967 North, depth = 200.92 km. Event id: us20006638. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak13680743, us20006638. The temblor was picked up at 02:30:07 / 2:30 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 200.92 km (125 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 19/06/16 / 2016-06-19 10:30:07 / June 19, 2016 @ 10:30 am UTC/GMT.

Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days 0, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days twelve earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year.

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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: 43 km NW of False Pass, Alaska. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.9 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -163.9394° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 55.0967° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 200.92 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 43km NW of False Pass, Alaska Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2016-06-19 10:30:07 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2016-07-03 10:35:24 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -480 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 0.281 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.21 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 183 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 us20006638 Id of event.
Event Code 20006638 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ak13680743,us20006638, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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