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Minor earthquake, 2.8 mag was detected near Amatignak Island in Alaska


Earthquake location 51.289S, 179.9036WA minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 68 km W of Amatignak Island, Alaska (42 miles). Exact location of event, longitude 179.9036 East, latitude 51.289 North, depth = 33.8 km. The 2.8-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 21:36:55 / 9:36 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: ak17105422. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak17105422. Global time and date of event 22/10/17 / 2017-10-22 09:36:55 / October 22, 2017 @ 9:36 am UTC/GMT. The epicenter was at a depth of 33.8 km (21 miles).

There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days 0, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days one hundred and sixteen 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: 68 km W of Amatignak Island, Alaska.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.8 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 179.9036° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 51.289° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 33.8 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 68km W of Amatignak 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 2017-10-22 09:36:55 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2017-10-27 21:26:14 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 720 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 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 0.48 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 ak17105422 Id of event.
Event Code 17105422 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ak17105422, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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