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Minor earthquake, 3.7 mag was detected near Talkeetna in Alaska


Earthquake location 62.5321S, -151.3308WA minor earthquake with magnitude 3.7 (ml/mb) was reported 67 km WNW of Talkeetna, Alaska (42 miles) on Friday. The temblor was reported at 08:56:10 / 8:56 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 81.3 km, -151.3308° West, 62.5321° North. All ids that are associated to the event: ak19662467. Unique identifier: ak19662467. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 81.3 km (51 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 25/05/18 / 2018-05-25 17:56:10 / May 25, 2018 @ 5:56 pm UTC/GMT.

Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days sixty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 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: 67 km WNW of Talkeetna, Alaska. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.7 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -151.3308° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 62.5321° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 81.3 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 67km WNW of Talkeetna, Alaska Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2018-05-25 17:56:10 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-05-25 18:10:01 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -540 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 1 The total number of felt reports
CDI 2.2 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 211 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 0.58 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 ak19662467 Id of event.
Event Code 19662467 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ak19662467, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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