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Minor earthquake, 2.9 mag was detected near Yakutat in Alaska


Earthquake location 58.427S, -142.7484WA minor earthquake with magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) was reported 213 km SW of Yakutat, Alaska (132 miles) on Tuesday. Exact location of earthquake, -142.7484° West, 58.427° North, depth 10 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The temblor was detected at 15:46:12 / 3:46 pm (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us6000bd9q. Ids that are associated to the event: ak0209nk29dg, us6000bd9q. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 28/07/20 / 2020-07-28 15:46:12 / July 28, 2020 @ 3:46 pm.

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

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage 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: 213 km SW of Yakutat, 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 -142.7484° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 58.427° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 213 km SW of Yakutat, Alaska Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-07-28 15:46:12 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-08-25 15:21:05 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 1.666 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.39 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 237 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 us6000bd9q Id of event.
Event Code 6000bd9q An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ak0209nk29dg,us6000bd9q, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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