Minor earthquake 3.3 mag, 66 km ESE of Yakutat, Alaska

A minor earthquake magnitude 3.3 (ml/mb) strikes 66 km ESE of Yakutat, Alaska (41 miles) on Saturday. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 0 km (0 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 03/02/18 / 2018-02-03 15:49:23 / February 3, 2018 @ 3:49 pm. Exact location of earthquake, -138.7482° West, 59.2129° North, depth 0 km. The 3.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 06:49:23 / 6:49 am (local time epicenter). Event id: us1000cfcs. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak18311572, us1000cfcs.

In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days twenty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. 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 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: 66 km ESE of Yakutat, Alaska.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	3.3 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-138.7482° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	59.2129° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	0 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	66km ESE 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	2018-02-03 15:49:23	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2018-02-03 17:20:45	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	168	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		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	us1000cfcs	Id of event.
Event Code	1000cfcs	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,ak18311572,us1000cfcs,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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