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


Earthquake location 69.6016S, -144.962WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 78 km SW of Kaktovik, Alaska (48 miles). Exact location of event, depth 10 km, -144.962° West, 69.6016° North. Exact time and date of earthquake 12/08/18 / 2018-08-12 17:00:22 / August 12, 2018 @ 5:00 pm UTC/GMT. Event id: us1000g79i. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000g79i. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 3.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 08:00:22 / 8:00 am (local time epicenter).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one hundred and fifty-five, in the last 10 days one hundred and fifty-six, in the past 30 days one hundred and fifty-six and in the last 365 days one hundred and sixty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. 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.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 78 km SW of Kaktovik, 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 -144.962° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 69.6016° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 78km SW of Kaktovik, Alaska Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2018-08-12 17:00:22 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-08-13 13:33:06 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 158 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 ,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 0.572 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.67 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 174 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 us1000g79i Id of event.
Event Code 1000g79i An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us1000g79i, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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