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Minor earthquake: M3.2 quake has struck near Kodiak in Alaska


Earthquake location 56.2404S, -150.2173WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 217 km SE of Kodiak, Alaska (135 miles). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 20 km (12 miles) below the earth’s surface. All ids that are associated to the event: ak18214962. Unique identifier: ak18214962. The 3.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 18:04:17 / 6:04 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 28/01/18 / 2018-01-28 04:04:17 / January 28, 2018 @ 4:04 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, longitude -150.2173 West, latitude 56.2404 North, depth = 20 km.

Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been thirty-one, in the last 10 days two hundred and nineteen, in the past 30 days two hundred and nineteen and in the last 365 days two hundred and twenty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 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 information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 217 km SE of Kodiak, Alaska.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -150.2173° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 56.2404° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 20 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 217km SE of Kodiak, Alaska Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2018-01-28 04:04:17 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-01-28 04:12:09 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 158 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 0.79 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 ak18214962 Id of event.
Event Code 18214962 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ak18214962, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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