Minor earthquake: M3.8 quake has struck near Noatak in Alaska

A minor earthquake magnitude 3.8 (ml/mb) strikes 73 km NNE of Noatak, Alaska (45 miles) on Friday. Exact location of event, longitude -162.0709 West, latitude 68.1369 North, depth = 34.7 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 34.7 km (22 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 28/08/15 / 2015-08-28 21:15:16 / August 28, 2015 @ 9:15 pm. Unique identifier: ak11687616. Ids that are associated to the event: ak11687616. The 3.8-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 13:15:16 / 1:15 pm (local time epicenter).

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

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 73 km NNE of Noatak, Alaska. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	3.8 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-162.0709° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	68.1369° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	34.7 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	73km NNE of Noatak, Alaska	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2015-08-28 21:15:16	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2015-08-28 21:58:37	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	3.2	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	222	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	0.72 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	ak11687616	Id of event.
Event Code	11687616	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,ak11687616,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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