TITLE: GCN CIRCULAR NUMBER: 20572 SUBJECT: GRB 170131A: Fermi GBM observation DATE: 17/02/01 23:24:55 GMT FROM: Bagrat Mailyan at UAH B. Mailyan (UAH) and O.J Roberts (NASA-MSFC/USRA) report on behalf of the Fermi GBM Team: "At 23:14:59.36 UT on January 31st 2017, the Fermi Gamma-Ray Burst Monitor triggered and located GRB 170131A (trigger 507597304 /170131969) which was also detected by the Swift/BAT (Palmer, GCN 20570). The GBM on-ground location is consistent with the Swift-BAT position. The angle from the Fermi LAT boresight at the GBM trigger time using the Swift-BAT position is 18 degrees. The GBM light curve shows a FRED-like burst with overlapping pulses with a duration (T90) of about 23 s (50-300 keV). The time-averaged spectrum from T0-1.0 s to T0+18.4 s is best fit by a power law function with an exponential high-energy cutoff. The power law index is -1.37+/-0.06 and the cutoff energy, parameterized as Epeak, is 209 +/- 34 keV. The event fluence (10-1000 keV) in this time interval is (4.56 +/- 0.27)E-06 erg/cm^2. The 1 s peak photon flux measured starting from T0+15.4 s in the 10-1000 keV band is 4.9 +/- 0.3 ph/s/cm^2. The spectral analysis results presented above are preliminary; final results will be published in the GBM GRB Catalog."