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Minor earthquake, 2.9 mag was detected near Sand Point in Alaska


Earthquake location 53.1137S, -160.2844WA minor earthquake magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) strikes 247 km S of Sand Point, Alaska (153 miles) on Tuesday. The 2.9-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 03:20:49 / 3:20 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us7000an7y. Ids that are associated to the event: ak0208omhb10, us7000an7y. Exact time and date of earthquake 07/07/20 / 2020-07-07 03:20:49 / July 7, 2020 @ 3:20 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -160.2844 West, latitude 53.1137 North, depth = 10 km.

Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days nine, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days twenty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 247 km S of Sand Point, Alaska. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.9 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -160.2844° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 53.1137° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 247 km S of Sand Point, Alaska Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-07-07 03:20:49 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-07-15 03:03:10 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 129 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 1.769 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.69 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 235 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 us7000an7y Id of event.
Event Code 7000an7y An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ak0208omhb10,us7000an7y, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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