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Minor earthquake: M3.1 quake has struck near Skagway in Alaska


Earthquake location 59.7645S, -136.6829WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 84 km WNW of Skagway, Alaska (52 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -136.6829 West, latitude 59.7645 North, depth = 0 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 01/05/17 / 2017-05-01 22:42:58 / May 1, 2017 @ 10:42 pm. Event id: ak15861795. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak15861795. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 0 km (0 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 3.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 14:42:58 / 2:42 pm (local time epicenter).

There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been fourty-five, in the last 10 days fourty-five, in the past 30 days fourty-six and in the last 365 days fifty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.

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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 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: 84 km WNW of Skagway, Alaska.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -136.6829° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 59.7645° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 0 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 84km WNW of Skagway, Alaska Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2017-05-01 22:42:58 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2017-05-01 22:47:07 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 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 148 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 0.87 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 ak15861795 Id of event.
Event Code 15861795 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ak15861795, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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