Minor earthquake, 3.9 mag has occurred near Anchorage in Alaska

A minor earthquake magnitude 3.9 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 41 kilometers (25 miles) from Anchorage in Alaska. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 02/10/16 / 2016-10-02 22:39:40 / October 2, 2016 @ 10:39 pm. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 21.4 km (13 miles). The temblor was reported at 14:39:40 / 2:39 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -149.52° West, 60.8979° North, depth 21.4 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: at00oefyy4, ak14144558. Id of event: ak14144558.

Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Event epicenter was 41 km (26 miles) from Anchorage (c. 291 800 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Eagle River (c. 24 800 pop), 68 km (43 miles) from Knik-Fairview (c. 14 900 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Lakes (c. 8 400 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Tanaina (c. 8 200 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Wasilla (c. 7 800 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Tanaina, Palmer, Meadow Lakes.

Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days fifty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. 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: 41 km SSE of Anchorage, Alaska. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

Alaska Anchorage Eagle River Knik-Fairview Lakes Meadow Lakes Palmer Tanaina United States Wasilla

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	3.9 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-149.52° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	60.8979° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	21.4 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	41km SSE of Anchorage, Alaska	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2016-10-02 22:39:40	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2016-10-02 23:15:00	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset	-480	Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	87	The total number of felt reports
CDI	4.6	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	reviewed	Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami	1	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	274	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	,at,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	0.87 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	ak14144558	Id of event.
Event Code	14144558	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,at00oefyy4,ak14144558,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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