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Minor earthquake, 3.2 mag was detected near Anchor Point in Alaska


Earthquake location 59.8084S, -153.1036WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 71 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska (44 miles). Id of earthquake: ak13070816. Event ids that are associated: ak13070816. The temblor was reported at 17:21:42 / 5:21 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 25/03/16 / 2016-03-25 01:21:42 / March 25, 2016 @ 1:21 am UTC/GMT. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 98.1 km (61 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -153.1036 West, latitude 59.8084 North, depth = 98.1 km.

Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days twenty and in the last 365 days two hundred and fourty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Every 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: 71 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -153.1036° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 59.8084° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 98.1 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 71km W of Anchor Point, Alaska Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2016-03-25 01:21:42 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2016-03-25 02:00:08 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 158 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 0.67 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 ak13070816 Id of event.
Event Code 13070816 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ak13070816, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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