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Minor earthquake, 3.1 mag was detected near Akutan in Alaska


Earthquake location 53.7031S, -165.1692WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.1 (ml/mb) strikes 62 km SE of Akutan, Alaska (39 miles) on Wednesday. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 11/12/19 / 2019-12-11 12:09:09 / December 11, 2019 @ 12:09 pm. The epicenter was at a depth of 43.22 km (27 miles). The temblor was picked up at 01:09:09 / 1:09 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: ak019furlvsh, us70006qb7. Unique identifier: us70006qb7. Exact location of event, longitude -165.1692 West, latitude 53.7031 North, depth = 43.22 km.

In the past 24 hours, there have been seven, in the last 10 days ten, in the past 30 days twenty-one and in the last 365 days ninety-four 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. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world.

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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 62 km SE of Akutan, Alaska. This information 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 -165.1692° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 53.7031° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 43.22 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 62km SE of Akutan, Alaska Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2019-12-11 12:09:09 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-01-10 09:07:02 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 0.513 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.73 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 196 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 us70006qb7 Id of event.
Event Code 70006qb7 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ak019furlvsh,us70006qb7, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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