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Minor earthquake, 2.9 mag has occurred near Point Hope in Alaska


Earthquake location 67.5973S, -166.3295WA minor earthquake magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 85 km SSE of Point Hope, Alaska (53 miles). The temblor was reported at 01:37:52 / 1:37 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 18/08/18 / 2018-08-18 12:37:52 / August 18, 2018 @ 12:37 pm. Exact location of event, longitude -166.3295 West, latitude 67.5973 North, depth = 2.5 km. Unique identifier: ak20110750. Ids that are associated to the event: ak20110750. The epicenter was at a depth of 2.5 km (2 miles).

In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days 0, in the past 30 days 0 and in the last 365 days one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported 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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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: 85 km SSE of Point Hope, Alaska. This data 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 -166.3295° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 67.5973° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 2.5 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 85km SSE of Point Hope, Alaska Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2018-08-18 12:37:52 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-08-18 12:45:26 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -660 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 automatic 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 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 0.74 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 ak20110750 Id of event.
Event Code 20110750 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ak20110750, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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