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Minor earthquake, 2.8 mag strikes near Lorino in Russia


Earthquake location 65.0012S, -172.6807WA minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 71 km SW of Lorino, Russia (44 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 17/02/19 / 2019-02-17 04:06:29 / February 17, 2019 @ 4:06 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, longitude -172.6807 West, latitude 65.0012 North, depth = 41.6 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 41.6 km (26 miles). Unique identifier: ak01927g7qor. Ids that are associated to the event: ak01927g7qor. The temblor was detected at 16:06:29 / 4:06 pm (local time epicenter).

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 twelve earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Every year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.8 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -172.6807° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 65.0012° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 41.6 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 71km SW of Lorino, Russia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2019-02-17 04:06:29 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-03-04 23:54:32 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 121 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 0.56 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 ak01927g7qor Id of event.
Event Code 01927g7qor An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ak01927g7qor, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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