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Minor earthquake: M2.9 quake has struck near Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska


Earthquake location 52.2117S, -175.9848WA minor earthquake with magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) was reported Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska (0 miles) on Monday. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak20356698, us1000hug6. Id of event: us1000hug6. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -175.9848 West, latitude 52.2117 North, depth = 145.8 km. The temblor was detected at 21:36:10 / 9:36 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 145.8 km (91 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global time and date of event 12/11/18 / 2018-11-12 21:36:10 / November 12, 2018 @ 9:36 pm UTC/GMT.

Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days one hundred earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.9 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -175.9848° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 52.2117° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 145.8 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2018-11-12 21:36:10 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-11-21 03:06:03 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 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 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.33 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 us1000hug6 Id of event.
Event Code 1000hug6 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ak20356698,us1000hug6, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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