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Minor earthquake, 2.9 mag was detected near False Pass in Alaska


Earthquake location 54.3246S, -163.654WA minor earthquake with magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) was reported 60 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska (37 miles) on Tuesday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 69.48 km (43 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, depth 69.48 km, -163.654° West, 54.3246° North. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak019bmsekes, us70005qyt. Id of event: us70005qyt. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 10/09/19 / 2019-09-10 22:57:03 / September 10, 2019 @ 10:57 pm. The temblor was picked up at 11:57:03 / 11:57 am (local time epicenter).

There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days sixty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 60 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.9 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -163.654° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 54.3246° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 69.48 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 60km SSW of False Pass, Alaska Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2019-09-10 22:57:03 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-10-09 02:56:07 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 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 0.436 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.42 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 174 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 us70005qyt Id of event.
Event Code 70005qyt An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ak019bmsekes,us70005qyt, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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