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Minor earthquake 3.6 mag, 67 km SE of King Salmon, Alaska


Earthquake location 58.1867S, -156.0283WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.6 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 67 km SE of King Salmon, Alaska (42 miles). Exact location, longitude -156.0283° West, latitude 58.1867° North, depth = 151.3 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 02/02/20 / 2020-02-02 14:57:54 / February 2, 2020 @ 2:57 pm. The temblor was picked up at 05:57:54 / 5:57 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 151.3 km (94 miles). Event id: ak0201iteyya. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak0201iteyya, us60007msj.

Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days twenty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year.

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 67 km SE of King Salmon, Alaska.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.6 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -156.0283° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 58.1867° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 151.3 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 67km SE of King Salmon, Alaska Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-02-02 14:57:54 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-02-02 15:20:40 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -540 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 199 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,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 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.47 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 ak0201iteyya Id of event.
Event Code 0201iteyya An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ak0201iteyya,us60007msj, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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