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Minor earthquake: M3.7 quake has struck near Semisopochnoi Island in Alaska


Earthquake location 51.5323S, 179.984WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.7 (ml/mb) strikes 53 km SSE of Semisopochnoi Island, Alaska (33 miles) on Saturday. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 10/08/18 / 2018-08-10 22:39:35 / August 10, 2018 @ 10:39 pm. Event id: ak20057624. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak20057624. Exact location of event, depth 70.4 km, 179.984° East, 51.5323° North. The temblor was reported at 10:39:35 / 10:39 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 70.4 km (44 miles).

In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days eleven and in the last 365 days eighty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 53 km SSE of Semisopochnoi Island, Alaska. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.7 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 179.984° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 51.5323° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 70.4 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 53km SSE of Semisopochnoi 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 2018-08-10 22:39:35 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-08-17 19:53:11 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 211 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 0.61 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 ak20057624 Id of event.
Event Code 20057624 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ak20057624, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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