Minor earthquake, 3.2 mag strikes near Meadow Lakes in Alaska

A minor earthquake magnitude 3.2 (ml/mb) strikes 7 kilometers (4 miles) from Meadow Lakes in Alaska on Tuesday. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 28/12/16 / 2016-12-28 07:17:40 / December 28, 2016 @ 7:17 am. The temblor was picked up at 22:17:40 / 10:17 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak14807389. Id of event: ak14807389. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -149.5645 West, latitude 61.6871 North, depth = 33.9 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 33.9 km (21 miles) below the earth’s surface.

Event epicenter was 55 km (34 miles) from Anchorage (c. 291 800 pop), 41 km (25 miles) from Eagle River (c. 24 800 pop), 19 km (12 miles) from Knik-Fairview (c. 14 900 pop), 16 km (10 miles) from Lakes (c. 8 400 pop), 10 km (6 miles) from Tanaina (c. 8 200 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Anchorage, Elmendorf Air Force Base, Eagle River. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).

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. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days eighty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.

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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: 7 km NNE of Meadow Lakes, Alaska.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	3.2 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-149.5645° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	61.6871° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	33.9 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	7km NNE of Meadow Lakes, Alaska	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2016-12-28 07:17:40	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2016-12-28 07:24:36	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset	-540	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	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	0.73 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	ak14807389	Id of event.
Event Code	14807389	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,ak14807389,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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