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Minor earthquake: M3.5 quake has struck near Sand Point in Alaska


Earthquake location 54.9944S, -159.5795WA minor earthquake with magnitude 3.5 (ml/mb) was reported 69 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska (43 miles) on Friday. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000cn6h. Id of event: us7000cn6h. The temblor was picked up at 21:41:24 / 9:41 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 04/12/20 / 2020-12-04 21:41:24 / December 4, 2020 @ 9:41 pm. Exact location of event, depth 27.51 km, -159.5795° West, 54.9944° North. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 27.51 km (17 miles) below the earth’s surface.

In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days eighty-nine and in the last 365 days one thousand, two hundred and thirty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year.

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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: 69 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -159.5795° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 54.9944° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 27.51 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 69 km ESE 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 2020-12-04 21:41:24 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-12-04 21:56:47 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 188 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 0.163 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.96 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 123 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 us7000cn6h Id of event.
Event Code 7000cn6h An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000cn6h, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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