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Minor earthquake, 2.8 mag has occurred near King Cove in Alaska


Earthquake location 54.7094S, -162.4947WA minor earthquake with magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 40 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska (25 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 29/06/20 / 2020-06-29 14:48:56 / June 29, 2020 @ 2:48 pm. The temblor was picked up at 14:48:56 / 2:48 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 5.28 km, -162.4947° West, 54.7094° North. Unique identifier: us7000aitc. Ids that are associated to the event: ak0208bkwajv, us7000aitc. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 5.28 km (3 miles).

In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days 0, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days sixty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 40 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.8 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -162.4947° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 54.7094° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 5.28 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 40 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-06-29 14:48:56 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-07-06 20:17:15 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 0.416 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 167 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 us7000aitc Id of event.
Event Code 7000aitc An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ak0208bkwajv,us7000aitc, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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