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Minor earthquake, 3.5 mag was detected near Old Iliamna in Alaska


Earthquake location 59.2467S, -153.5327WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 96 km SE of Old Iliamna, Alaska (60 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -153.5327 West, latitude 59.2467 North, depth = 90.2 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 26/04/17 / 2017-04-26 06:18:12 / April 26, 2017 @ 6:18 am. All ids that are associated to the event: ak15820028. Unique identifier: ak15820028. The 3.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 21:18:12 / 9:18 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 90.2 km (56 miles).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days eleven and in the last 365 days one hundred and eighteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. 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: 96 km SE of Old Iliamna, Alaska.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -153.5327° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 59.2467° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 90.2 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 96km SE of Old Iliamna, Alaska Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2017-04-26 06:18:12 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2017-04-26 06:22:56 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 188 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 0.5 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 ak15820028 Id of event.
Event Code 15820028 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ak15820028, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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