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Minor earthquake, 2.9 mag has occurred near Y in Alaska


Earthquake location 61.9883S, -149.9512WA minor earthquake with magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) was reported 20 kilometers (12 miles) from Y in Alaska on Thursday. Exact location of event, longitude -149.9512 West, latitude 61.9883 North, depth = 30.9 km. The 2.9-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 09:46:22 / 9:46 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: ak15648504. Event ids that are associated: ak15648504. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 30.9 km (19 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 30/03/17 / 2017-03-30 18:46:22 / March 30, 2017 @ 6:46 pm.

Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Eagle River, Palmer, Gateway. Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 77 km (48 miles) from Eagle River (c. 24 800 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Knik-Fairview (c. 14 900 pop), 54 km (34 miles) from Lakes (c. 8 400 pop), 49 km (30 miles) from Tanaina (c. 8 200 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Wasilla (c. 7 800 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days eighty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each 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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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 20 km SSW of Y, Alaska. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.9 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -149.9512° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 61.9883° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 30.9 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 20km SSW of Y, Alaska Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2017-03-30 18:46:22 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2017-03-30 18:59:12 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 129 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 0.76 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 ak15648504 Id of event.
Event Code 15648504 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ak15648504, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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