Minor earthquake, 3.4 mag strikes near Big Lake in Alaska

A minor earthquake magnitude 3.4 (mg/mb) has occurred on Friday, 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Big Lake in Alaska. The temblor was reported at 04:24:00 / 4:24 am (local time epicenter) at a depth of 52.8 km (33 miles). Global time of event 12/06/15 / 2015-06-12 12:24:00 / June 12, 2015 @ 12:24 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. Exact location of event, longitude -149.8351 West, latitude 61.5334 North, depth 52.8 km, unique identifier, ak11623899. Ids that are associated to the event, ,ak11623899,.

Close countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). The epicenter was 35 km (22 miles) from Anchorage (c. 291 800 pop), 28 km (17 miles) from Eagle River (c. 24 800 pop), 13 km (8 miles) from Knik-Fairview (c. 14 900 pop), 29 km (18 miles) from Lakes (c. 8 400 pop), 24 km (15 miles) from Tanaina (c. 8 200 pop). Nearest city, towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Palmer, Anchorage, Elmendorf Air Force Base.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	3.4 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-149.8351° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	61.5334° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	52.8 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	6km ENE of Big Lake, Alaska	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2015-06-12 12:24:00	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2015-06-12 12:50:25	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset	-480	Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	2	The total number of felt reports
CDI	2	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	178	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	0.73 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	ak11623899	Id of event.
Event Code	11623899	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,ak11623899,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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