Minor earthquake 3.3 mag, 20 km E of Y, Alaska

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A minor earthquake magnitude 3.3 (mg/mb) has striked on Saturday, 20 kilometers (12 miles) from Y in Alaska. The temblor was reported at 07:01:45 / 7:01 am (local time epicenter) at a depth of 7 km (4 miles). Global time of event 02/05/15 / 2015-05-02 15:01:45 / May 2, 2015 @ 3:01 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. Exact location of event, longitude -149.4601 West, latitude 62.1635 North, depth 7 km, unique identifier, ak11577752.

Close countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). The epicenter was 73 km (45 miles) from Knik-Fairview (c. 14 900 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from Lakes (c. 8 400 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Tanaina (c. 8 200 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Wasilla (c. 7 800 pop), 60 km (38 miles) from Meadow Lakes (c. 7 600 pop). Nearest city, towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Knik-Fairview, Gateway, Palmer.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	3.3 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-149.4601° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	62.1635° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	7 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	20km E of Y, Alaska	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2015-05-02 15:01:45	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2015-05-02 15:28:00	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset	-480	Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	0	The total number of felt reports
CDI	1	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	automatic	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	168	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	0.74 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	ak11577752	Id of event.
Event Code	11577752	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,ak11577752,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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Joe Osborne

Felt something in Flushing, MI – lasted about 4 seconds. Reports around the state as far west as Grand Rapids / North to Bay City and South to Jackson

May 2, 2015

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