Minor earthquake, 3.2 mag has occurred near Little Sitkin Island in Alaska

A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 183 km S of Little Sitkin Island, Alaska (114 miles). The 3.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 12:39:19 / 12:39 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 21.4 km (13 miles) below the earth’s surface. Id of earthquake: ak019a0je26h. Event ids that are associated: ak019a0je26h. Exact location of event, longitude 178.6295 East, latitude 50.299 North, depth = 21.4 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 06/08/19 / 2019-08-06 00:39:19 / August 6, 2019 @ 12:39 am.

Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days thirty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.

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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 183 km S of Little Sitkin Island, Alaska. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	3.2 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	178.6295° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	50.299° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	21.4 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	183km S of Little Sitkin Island, Alaska	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2019-08-06 00:39:19	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2019-08-27 14:50:55	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset	720	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	158	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	0.48 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	ak019a0je26h	Id of event.
Event Code	019a0je26h	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,ak019a0je26h,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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