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Minor earthquake, 2.9 mag was detected near Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska


Earthquake location 51.1601S, 179.0265WA minor earthquake with magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska (0 miles). The temblor was detected at 23:37:41 / 11:37 pm (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: ak15502278. Ids that are associated to the event: ak15502278. Exact location of event, longitude 179.0265 East, latitude 51.1601 North, depth = 13.5 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 15/03/17 / 2017-03-15 23:37:41 / March 15, 2017 @ 11:37 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 13.5 km (8 miles).

Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days one hundred and fourty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world.

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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 data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.9 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 179.0265° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 51.1601° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 13.5 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2017-03-15 23:37:41 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2017-03-17 02:17:09 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 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 0.55 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 ak15502278 Id of event.
Event Code 15502278 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ak15502278, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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