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Minor earthquake 2.9 mag, 64 km NNE of Sand Point, Alaska


Earthquake location 55.8814S, -160.1712WA minor earthquake with magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) was reported 64 km NNE of Sand Point, Alaska (40 miles) on Thursday. Exact location of earthquake, -160.1712° West, 55.8814° North, depth 120.9 km. All ids that are associated to the event: ak14187929. Unique identifier: ak14187929. The 2.9-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 00:52:39 / 12:52 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 06/10/16 / 2016-10-06 08:52:39 / October 6, 2016 @ 8:52 am. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 120.9 km (75 miles) below the earth’s surface.

In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days 0, in the past 30 days 0 and in the last 365 days twenty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 64 km NNE of Sand Point, Alaska.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.9 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -160.1712° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 55.8814° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 120.9 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 64km NNE of Sand Point, Alaska Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2016-10-06 08:52:39 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2016-10-14 23:16:58 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -480 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 129 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 0.46 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 ak14187929 Id of event.
Event Code 14187929 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ak14187929, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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