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Minor earthquake: M2.8 quake has struck near Anchor Point in Alaska

Posted by admin on October 20, 2017 0 Comments

Earthquake location 59.7385S, -152.5335WA minor earthquake with magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) was reported 39 kilometers (24 miles) from Anchor Point in Alaska on Thursday. The temblor was picked up at 20:19:47 / 8:19 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 72.9 km (45 miles). Event id: ak17090522. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak17090522. Exact location of event, depth 72.9 km, -152.5335° West, 59.7385° North. Global time and date of event 20/10/17 / 2017-10-20 05:19:47 / October 20, 2017 @ 5:19 am UTC/GMT.

Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Homer (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 56 km (35 miles) from Homer (c. 5 000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).

Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days one hundred and eighteen 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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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: 39 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.8 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -152.5335° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 59.7385° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 72.9 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 39km W of Anchor Point, Alaska Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2017-10-20 05:19:47 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2017-10-20 05:29:06 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 0.54 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 ak17090522 Id of event.
Event Code 17090522 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ak17090522, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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