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Minor earthquake, 3.8 mag was detected near False Pass in Alaska


Earthquake location 54.2203S, -162.6121WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.8 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 87 km SE of False Pass, Alaska (54 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: ak0206y0g8c6, us6000a2r9. Unique identifier: us6000a2r9. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -162.6121 West, latitude 54.2203 North, depth = 56.29 km. The 3.8-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 17:30:10 / 5:30 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 56.29 km (35 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 30/05/20 / 2020-05-30 17:30:10 / May 30, 2020 @ 5:30 pm.

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

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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 87 km SE of False Pass, Alaska.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.8 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -162.6121° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 54.2203° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 56.29 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 87 km SE 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 2020-05-30 17:30:10 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-05-30 21:43:48 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 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 222 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 0.791 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.25 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 191 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mb The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us6000a2r9 Id of event.
Event Code 6000a2r9 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ak0206y0g8c6,us6000a2r9, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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