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Minor earthquake, 3 mag was detected near Middleton Island in Alaska


Earthquake location 59.2003S, -147.0095WA minor earthquake with magnitude 3 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 46 km SW of Middleton Island, Alaska (29 miles). Id of earthquake: ak16580332. Event ids that are associated: ak16580332. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -147.0095 West, latitude 59.2003 North, depth = 24.3 km. Global time and date of event 19/08/17 / 2017-08-19 23:56:22 / August 19, 2017 @ 11:56 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 24.3 km (15 miles). The temblor was detected at 13:56:22 / 1:56 pm (local time epicenter).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days four 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 46 km SW of Middleton Island, Alaska. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -147.0095° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 59.2003° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 24.3 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 46km SW of Middleton Island, Alaska Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2017-08-19 23:56:22 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2017-08-20 00:01:30 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -600 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 138 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 0.61 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 ak16580332 Id of event.
Event Code 16580332 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ak16580332, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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