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Minor earthquake 3.2 mag, 150 km S of Amatignak Island, Alaska


Earthquake location 49.9157S, -179.2732WA minor earthquake with magnitude 3.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 150 km S of Amatignak Island, Alaska (93 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -179.2732 West, latitude 49.9157 North, depth = 9.2 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 25/03/18 / 2018-03-25 03:00:17 / March 25, 2018 @ 3:00 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 9.2 km (6 miles). The 3.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 15:00:17 / 3:00 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: ak18902295. Event ids that are associated: ak18902295.

Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days nineteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 150 km S of Amatignak Island, Alaska. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -179.2732° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 49.9157° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 9.2 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 150km S 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 2018-03-25 03:00:17 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-04-02 14:41:09 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 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 0.82 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 ak18902295 Id of event.
Event Code 18902295 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ak18902295, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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