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Minor earthquake, 3.1 mag was detected near City of Saint Paul in Alaska


Earthquake location 56.5562S, -168.5547WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 123 km ESE of City of Saint Paul, Alaska (76 miles). Exact location of earthquake, -168.5547° West, 56.5562° North, depth 21.6 km. The 3.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 13:43:09 / 1:43 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 21.6 km (13 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 17/11/18 / 2018-11-17 00:43:09 / November 17, 2018 @ 12:43 am. All ids that are associated to the event: ak20413473, us1000hxpd. Unique identifier: us1000hxpd.

There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been fourteen, in the last 10 days eighteen, in the past 30 days eighteen and in the last 365 days eighteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 123 km ESE of City of Saint Paul, Alaska. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -168.5547° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 56.5562° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 21.6 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 123km ESE of City of Saint Paul, Alaska Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2018-11-17 00:43:09 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-12-03 05:13:16 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 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 148 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 1.06 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 us1000hxpd Id of event.
Event Code 1000hxpd An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ak20413473,us1000hxpd, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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