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Minor earthquake, 2.8 mag strikes near Sand Point in Alaska


Earthquake location 54.8839S, -160.3529WA minor earthquake with magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 51 km S of Sand Point, Alaska (32 miles). The 2.8-magnitude earthquake was detected at 06:00:35 / 6:00 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -160.3529° West, 54.8839° North, depth 24 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 24 km (15 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event id: ak020a8wf2hm. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak020a8wf2hm. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 10/08/20 / 2020-08-10 06:00:35 / August 10, 2020 @ 6:00 am.

Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been thirty-one, in the last 10 days sixty-seven, in the past 30 days one hundred and eighty-nine and in the last 365 days two hundred and fourty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported 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: 51 km S of Sand Point, Alaska. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.8 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -160.3529° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 54.8839° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 24 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 51 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 2020-08-10 06:00:35 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-08-27 14:04:59 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 ak The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,ak, 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 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.41 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 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 ak020a8wf2hm Id of event.
Event Code 020a8wf2hm An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ak020a8wf2hm, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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