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Minor earthquake, 3.6 mag has occurred near Larsen Bay in Alaska


Earthquake location 58.1223S, -153.7658WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.6 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 66 km N of Larsen Bay, Alaska (41 miles). Exact location of earthquake, -153.7658° West, 58.1223° North, depth 54.4 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 01/07/15 / 2015-07-01 04:03:37 / July 1, 2015 @ 4:03 am. All ids that are associated to the event: ak11638923. Unique identifier: ak11638923. The 3.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 20:03:37 / 8:03 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 54.4 km (34 miles).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days fourty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city 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: 66 km N of Larsen Bay, Alaska.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.6 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -153.7658° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 58.1223° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 54.4 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 66km N of Larsen Bay, Alaska Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2015-07-01 04:03:37 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2015-07-01 04:28:07 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 199 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 0.75 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 ak11638923 Id of event.
Event Code 11638923 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ak11638923, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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