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Minor earthquake: M2.8 quake has struck near Adak in Alaska


Earthquake location 51.4422S, 179.5138WA minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 270 km WSW of Adak, Alaska (168 miles). Exact location, longitude 179.5138° East, latitude 51.4422° North, depth = 58 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 24/05/20 / 2020-05-24 12:13:22 / May 24, 2020 @ 12:13 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 58 km (36 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak0206o05cw9, us6000a637. Id of event: us6000a637. The 2.8-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 12:13:22 / 12:13 pm (local time epicenter).

Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days eleven and in the last 365 days one hundred and ten earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.

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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: 270 km WSW of Adak, Alaska. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.8 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 179.5138° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 51.4422° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 58 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 270 km WSW of Adak, Alaska Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-05-24 12:13:22 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-06-07 07:14:30 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 121 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 0.148 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.44 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 161 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 us6000a637 Id of event.
Event Code 6000a637 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ak0206o05cw9,us6000a637, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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