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Minor earthquake, 2.8 mag was detected near Glacier View in Alaska


Earthquake location 61.3957S, -147.1753WA minor earthquake with magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) was reported 52 km SSE of Glacier View, Alaska (32 miles) on Monday. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000b8rr. Id of event: us6000b8rr. The 2.8-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 16:16:51 / 4:16 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 03/08/20 / 2020-08-03 16:16:51 / August 3, 2020 @ 4:16 pm UTC/GMT. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 24.64 km (15 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -147.1753 West, latitude 61.3957 North, depth = 24.64 km.

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

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 52 km SSE of Glacier View, Alaska. This data 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 -147.1753° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 61.3957° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 24.64 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 52 km SSE of Glacier View, Alaska Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-08-03 16:16:51 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-08-03 16:29:04 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 ,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 0.444 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 46 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 us6000b8rr Id of event.
Event Code 6000b8rr An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000b8rr, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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