Minor earthquake, 3.6 mag has occurred near Nikiski in Alaska

A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.6 (ml/mb) was reported 35 kilometers (22 miles) from Nikiski in Alaska on Sunday. The temblor was detected at 18:21:53 / 6:21 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: ak11657335. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak11657335. Exact location of earthquake, -150.9313° West, 60.9538° North, depth 4.5 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 4.5 km (3 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 27/07/15 / 2015-07-27 02:21:53 / July 27, 2015 @ 2:21 am.

Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Eagle River, Elmendorf Air Force Base, Kalifornsky. Event epicenter was 63 km (39 miles) from Anchorage (c. 291 800 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Eagle River (c. 24 800 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Kalifornsky (c. 7 900 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Kenai (c. 7 100 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Elmendorf Air Force Base (c. 6 600 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Sterling (c. 5 600 pop).

Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days eighty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 35 km NNE of Nikiski, Alaska.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	3.6 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-150.9313° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	60.9538° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	4.5 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	35km NNE of Nikiski, Alaska	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2015-07-27 02:21:53	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2015-07-27 02:46:35	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset	-480	Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	1	The total number of felt reports
CDI	3.1	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	200	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	0.78 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	ak11657335	Id of event.
Event Code	11657335	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,ak11657335,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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