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Minor earthquake, 3.2 mag has occurred near Nikolski in Alaska


Earthquake location 52.5551S, -167.0024WA minor earthquake with magnitude 3.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 132 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska (82 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 26/09/16 / 2016-09-26 00:42:53 / September 26, 2016 @ 12:42 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 4.5 km (3 miles). The temblor was picked up at 13:42:53 / 1:42 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -167.0024 West, latitude 52.5551 North, depth = 4.5 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak14118395. Id of event: ak14118395.

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

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity 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: 132 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -167.0024° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 52.5551° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 4.5 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 132km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2016-09-26 00:42:53 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2016-10-01 01:29:38 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -660 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 158 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 14 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 0.58 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 259.199979264 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 ak14118395 Id of event.
Event Code 14118395 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ak14118395, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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