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Minor earthquake, 3.7 mag was detected near Nikolski in Alaska


Earthquake location 51.8839S, -171.1939WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.7 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 196 km SW of Nikolski, Alaska (122 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 01/06/20 / 2020-06-01 15:34:27 / June 1, 2020 @ 3:34 pm. The 3.7-magnitude earthquake was detected at 15:34:27 / 3:34 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us6000a8za. Event ids that are associated: ak02071acztw, us6000a8za. Exact location, longitude -171.1939° West, latitude 51.8839° North, depth = 35 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 35 km (22 miles).

Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days nine, in the past 30 days thirteen and in the last 365 days ninety-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes 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: 196 km SW of Nikolski, Alaska. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.7 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -171.1939° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 51.8839° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 35 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 196 km SW of Nikolski, Alaska Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-06-01 15:34:27 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-06-10 13:54:52 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 211 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 1.834 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.65 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 219 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 us6000a8za Id of event.
Event Code 6000a8za An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ak02071acztw,us6000a8za, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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