Minor earthquake, 3.1 mag strikes near Valdez in Alaska

A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.1 (ml/mb) was reported 31 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska (19 miles) on Thursday. Exact location of event, longitude -146.656 West, latitude 61.3714 North, depth = 11.2 km. The 3.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 05:57:46 / 5:57 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 21/01/16 / 2016-01-21 14:57:46 / January 21, 2016 @ 2:57 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 11.2 km (7 miles) below the earth’s surface. All ids that are associated to the event: ak12480658. Unique identifier: ak12480658.

There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days thirty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 31 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	3.1 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-146.656° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	61.3714° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	11.2 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	31km NNW of Valdez, Alaska	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2016-01-21 14:57:46	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2016-01-21 15:21:08	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset	-540	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	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	0.84 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	ak12480658	Id of event.
Event Code	12480658	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,ak12480658,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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