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Minor earthquake 2.87 mag, 33 km NW of Stanley, Idaho


Earthquake location 44.4581667S, -115.1908333WA minor earthquake with magnitude 2.87 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 33 km NW of Stanley, Idaho (21 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -115.1908333 West, latitude 44.4581667 North, depth = 5.43 km. Unique identifier: mb80477729. Ids that are associated to the event: mb80477729. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 27/11/20 / 2020-11-27 04:37:15 / November 27, 2020 @ 4:37 am. The 2.87-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 04:37:15 / 4:37 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 5.43 km (3 miles).

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. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days thirty-nine and in the last 365 days three hundred and ninety-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 33 km NW of Stanley, Idaho. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.87 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -115.1908333° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 44.4581667° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 5.43 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 33 km NW of Stanley, Idaho Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-11-27 04:37:15 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-11-27 23:53:46 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 127 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network mb The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,mb, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 10 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.296 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.22 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 78 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 mb80477729 Id of event.
Event Code 80477729 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,mb80477729, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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