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Minor earthquake 3.4 mag, 60 km ESE of Sutton-Alpine, Alaska

Posted by admin on April 15, 2016 0 Comments

Earthquake location 61.6581S, -147.734WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.4 (ml/mb) strikes 60 kilometers (37 miles) from Sutton-Alpine in Alaska on Friday. The temblor was detected at 09:07:06 / 9:07 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 15/04/16 / 2016-04-15 17:07:06 / April 15, 2016 @ 5:07 pm. Exact location of event, depth 18.3 km, -147.734° West, 61.6581° North. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 18.3 km (11 miles). Id of earthquake: ak13447401. Event ids that are associated: ak13447401.

Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Lakes, Gateway, Palmer (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 83 km (52 miles) from Lakes (c. 8 400 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Palmer (c. 5 900 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Gateway (c. 5 600 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).

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

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 60 km ESE of Sutton-Alpine, Alaska.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -147.734° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 61.6581° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 18.3 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 60km ESE of Sutton-Alpine, Alaska Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2016-04-15 17:07:06 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2016-04-15 17:33:21 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 178 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 0.75 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 ak13447401 Id of event.
Event Code 13447401 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ak13447401, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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