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Minor earthquake: M3.2 quake has struck near Amukta Island in Alaska


Earthquake location 51.9782S, -172.3313WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 92 km SW of Amukta Island, Alaska (57 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -172.3313 West, latitude 51.9782 North, depth = 33.6 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 18/01/20 / 2020-01-18 14:56:15 / January 18, 2020 @ 2:56 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 33.6 km (21 miles) below the earth’s surface. Id of earthquake: ak020u0cdpu. Event ids that are associated: ak020u0cdpu. The 3.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 03:56:15 / 3:56 am (local time epicenter).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days sixty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred 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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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 92 km SW of Amukta Island, Alaska. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -172.3313° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 51.9782° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 33.6 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 92km SW of Amukta Island, Alaska Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-01-18 14:56:15 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-01-18 21:29:12 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 158 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 0.63 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 ak020u0cdpu Id of event.
Event Code 020u0cdpu An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ak020u0cdpu, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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