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Minor earthquake, 2.8 mag was detected near Gustavus in Alaska


Earthquake location 58.1503S, -136.5419WA minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 55 km WSW of Gustavus, Alaska (34 miles). The 2.8-magnitude earthquake was detected at 12:06:34 / 12:06 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -136.5419 West, latitude 58.1503 North, depth = 0 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 0 km (0 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 16/01/17 / 2017-01-16 21:06:34 / January 16, 2017 @ 9:06 pm. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak15081563. Id of event: ak15081563.

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

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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 55 km WSW of Gustavus, Alaska.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.8 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -136.5419° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 58.1503° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 0 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 55km WSW of Gustavus, Alaska Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2017-01-16 21:06:34 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2017-01-16 21:17:53 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 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 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 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 0.76 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 ak15081563 Id of event.
Event Code 15081563 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ak15081563, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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