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Minor earthquake, 2.8 mag has occurred near Yakutat in Alaska


Earthquake location 56.9093S, -140.2169WA minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 295 km S of Yakutat, Alaska (183 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 08/10/17 / 2017-10-08 03:35:42 / October 8, 2017 @ 3:35 am. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 17.62 km (11 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak16994959, us1000arqp. Id of event: us1000arqp. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -140.2169 West, latitude 56.9093 North, depth = 17.62 km. The 2.8-magnitude earthquake was detected at 18:35:42 / 6:35 pm (local time epicenter).

There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days 0, in the past 30 days 0 and in the last 365 days 0 earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 295 km S of Yakutat, Alaska. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.8 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -140.2169° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 56.9093° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 17.62 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 295km S of Yakutat, Alaska Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2017-10-08 03:35:42 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2017-10-17 00:07:16 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 us The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,ak,us, 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 2.399 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.03 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 221 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 us1000arqp Id of event.
Event Code 1000arqp An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ak16994959,us1000arqp, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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