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Minor earthquake: M3.1 quake has struck near Manley Hot Springs in Alaska


Earthquake location 64.987S, -150.8858WA minor earthquake with magnitude 3.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 11 km W of Manley Hot Springs, Alaska (7 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 07/09/16 / 2016-09-07 09:30:19 / September 7, 2016 @ 9:30 am. The temblor was detected at 01:30:19 / 1:30 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 18.2 km, -150.8858° West, 64.987° North. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 18.2 km (11 miles). Id of earthquake: ak13921095. Event ids that are associated: ak13921095.

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 twelve earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.

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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: 11 km W of Manley Hot Springs, Alaska.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -150.8858° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 64.987° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 18.2 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 11km W of Manley Hot Springs, Alaska Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2016-09-07 09:30:19 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2016-09-07 09:37:22 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 62 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.07366185 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.83 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 50.399995968 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 ak13921095 Id of event.
Event Code 13921095 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ak13921095, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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