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Minor earthquake, 2.9 mag strikes near Atka in Alaska


Earthquake location 54.266S, -173.9682WA minor earthquake magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) strikes 230 km N of Atka, Alaska (143 miles) on Friday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 15.44 km (10 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was reported at 15:23:19 / 3:23 pm (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us1000hewa. Ids that are associated to the event: ak20280044, us1000hewa. Exact location of event, longitude -173.9682 West, latitude 54.266 North, depth = 15.44 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 13/10/18 / 2018-10-13 03:23:19 / October 13, 2018 @ 3:23 am.

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 four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 230 km N of Atka, Alaska.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.9 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -173.9682° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 54.266° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 15.44 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 230km N of Atka, Alaska Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2018-10-13 03:23:19 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-10-20 21:11:18 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 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 1.997 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.79 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 305 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 us1000hewa Id of event.
Event Code 1000hewa An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ak20280044,us1000hewa, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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