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Minor earthquake, 3.3 mag was detected near Chirik


Earthquake location 56.5174S, -155.2174WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 81 km NNE of Chirikof Island, Alaska (50 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak13758862. Id of event: ak13758862. The 3.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 05:52:28 / 5:52 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 16/07/16 / 2016-07-16 15:52:28 / July 16, 2016 @ 3:52 pm. Exact location of event, depth 64.5 km, -155.2174° West, 56.5174° North. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 64.5 km (40 miles) below the earth’s surface.

Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days thirty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage 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: 81 km NNE of Chirikof Island, Alaska.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -155.2174° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 56.5174° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 64.5 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 81km NNE of Chirikof 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 2016-07-16 15:52:28 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2016-07-16 16:21:05 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -600 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 automatic 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 168 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 0.51 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 ak13758862 Id of event.
Event Code 13758862 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ak13758862, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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