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Minor earthquake, 2.9 mag strikes near Chirik


Earthquake location 55.5403S, -151.7381WA minor earthquake with magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 246 km E of Chirikof Island, Alaska (153 miles). The 2.9-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 02:59:35 / 2:59 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 10.74 km, -151.7381° West, 55.5403° North. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10.74 km (7 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of earthquake 11/02/18 / 2018-02-11 12:59:35 / February 11, 2018 @ 12:59 pm UTC/GMT. Unique identifier: us2000d560. Ids that are associated to the event: ak18465614, us2000d560.

Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been seven, in the last 10 days thirty-nine, in the past 30 days one hundred and eighty-seven and in the last 365 days one hundred and ninety-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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: 246 km E of Chirikof Island, Alaska. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.9 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -151.7381° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 55.5403° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10.74 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 246km E of Chirikof 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 2018-02-11 12:59:35 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-02-23 09:34:35 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 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 129 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 1.71 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.37 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 224 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 us2000d560 Id of event.
Event Code 2000d560 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ak18465614,us2000d560, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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