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Minor earthquake 3.1 mag, 42 km SW of Talkeetna, Alaska

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Earthquake location 62.0323S, -150.6365WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.1 (ml/mb) strikes 42 kilometers (26 miles) from Talkeetna in Alaska on Monday. The epicenter was at a depth of 56 km (35 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak11680411. Id of event: ak11680411. The temblor was picked up at 08:35:12 / 8:35 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -150.6365 West, latitude 62.0323 North, depth = 56 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 17/08/15 / 2015-08-17 16:35:12 / August 17, 2015 @ 4:35 pm.

Event epicenter was 79 km (49 miles) from Knik-Fairview (c. 14 900 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Tanaina (c. 8 200 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Meadow Lakes (c. 7 600 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Knik-Fairview, Tanaina, Meadow Lakes (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).

Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days twelve and in the last 365 days one hundred and four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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: 42 km SW of Talkeetna, Alaska.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -150.6365° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 62.0323° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 56 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 42km SW of Talkeetna, Alaska Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2015-08-17 16:35:12 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2015-08-18 00:38:55 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -480 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt The total number of felt reports
CDI 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 148 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 0.52 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 ak11680411 Id of event.
Event Code 11680411 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ak11680411, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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