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Minor earthquake: M3.1 quake has struck near Whittier in Alaska


Earthquake location 60.9375S, -148.5197WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 20 kilometers (12 miles) from Whittier in Alaska. The temblor was picked up at 22:32:32 / 10:32 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak19976117, us2000gfzq. Id of event: ak19976117. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 20 km (12 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 28/07/18 / 2018-07-28 07:32:32 / July 28, 2018 @ 7:32 am. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -148.5197 West, latitude 60.9375 North, depth = 20 km.

The epicenter was 81 km (50 miles) from Anchorage (c. 291 800 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Eagle River (c. 24 800 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Elmendorf Air Force Base (c. 6 600 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Palmer (c. 5 900 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Gateway (c. 5 600 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Gateway, Anchorage, Palmer (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).

Each 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 one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days thirty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 20 km NNE of Whittier, Alaska. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -148.5197° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 60.9375° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 20 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 20km NNE of Whittier, Alaska Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2018-07-28 07:32:32 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-07-28 07:39:12 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 148 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,us, 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 ak19976117 Id of event.
Event Code 19976117 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ak19976117,us2000gfzq, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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