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Minor earthquake, 2.8 mag has occurred near Kodiak in Alaska

Posted by admin on February 5, 2018 0 Comments

Earthquake location 56.3619S, -149.9395WA minor earthquake with magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 218 km SE of Kodiak, Alaska (135 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: ak18300225. Unique identifier: ak18300225. Exact time and date of earthquake 24/01/18 / 2018-01-24 14:48:01 / January 24, 2018 @ 2:48 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was detected at 04:48:01 / 4:48 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -149.9395 West, latitude 56.3619 North, depth = 9.9 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 9.9 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface.

In the past 24 hours, there have been seven hundred and eight, in the last 10 days eight hundred and twenty-six, in the past 30 days eight hundred and twenty-six and in the last 365 days eight hundred and thirty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Every year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 218 km SE of Kodiak, Alaska.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.8 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -149.9395° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 56.3619° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 9.9 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 218km SE of Kodiak, Alaska Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2018-01-24 14:48:01 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-02-03 02:32:08 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -600 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 0.21 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 ak18300225 Id of event.
Event Code 18300225 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ak18300225, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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