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Minor earthquake, 2.88 mag has occurred near Nikolski in Alaska


Earthquake location 52.873333S, -167.2986603WA minor earthquake with magnitude 2.88 (ml/mb) was reported 105 km E of Nikolski, Alaska (65 miles) on Friday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 36.83 km (23 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global time and date of event 14/06/19 / 2019-06-14 20:07:20 / June 14, 2019 @ 8:07 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -167.2986603 West, latitude 52.873333 North, depth = 36.83 km. The temblor was reported at 09:07:20 / 9:07 am (local time epicenter). Event id: av62020016. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: av62020016.

There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days sixty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 105 km E of Nikolski, Alaska. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.88 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -167.2986603° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 52.873333° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 36.83 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 105km E of Nikolski, Alaska Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2019-06-14 20:07:20 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-06-14 22:16:38 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 128 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network av The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,av, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 10 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.6528 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.18 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 278 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 av62020016 Id of event.
Event Code 62020016 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,av62020016, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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