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Minor earthquake, 2.8 mag has occurred near Tanaga Volcano in Alaska


Earthquake location 51.5579S, -178.1131WA minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 36 km S of Tanaga Volcano, Alaska (22 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 15/10/16 / 2016-10-15 20:51:11 / October 15, 2016 @ 8:51 pm UTC/GMT. The epicenter was at a depth of 12.8 km (8 miles). The temblor was detected at 11:51:11 / 11:51 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -178.1131° West, 51.5579° North, depth 12.8 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak14211391. Id of event: ak14211391.

Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days fourteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and eleven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world.

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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: 36 km S of Tanaga Volcano, Alaska.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.8 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -178.1131° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 51.5579° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 12.8 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 36km S of Tanaga Volcano, Alaska Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2016-10-15 20:51:11 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2016-10-22 01:03:50 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -540 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 121 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 19 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 0.59 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 194.399984448 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 ak14211391 Id of event.
Event Code 14211391 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ak14211391, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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