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Minor earthquake, 3.4 mag strikes near Y in Alaska

Posted by admin on October 19, 2018 0 Comments

Earthquake location 62.106S, -150.0288WA minor earthquake with magnitude 3.4 (ml/mb) was reported 12 kilometers (7 miles) from Y in Alaska on Thursday. The temblor was reported at 21:55:11 / 9:55 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 19/10/18 / 2018-10-19 06:55:11 / October 19, 2018 @ 6:55 am. Exact location of event, longitude -150.0288 West, latitude 62.106 North, depth = 19.8 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak20287059, us1000hea5. Id of event: ak20287059. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 19.8 km (12 miles).

Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Palmer, Gateway, Knik-Fairview. Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 70 km (43 miles) from Knik-Fairview (c. 14 900 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Lakes (c. 8 400 pop), 62 km (38 miles) from Tanaina (c. 8 200 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Wasilla (c. 7 800 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Meadow Lakes (c. 7 600 pop).

Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days eighty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 12 km SSW of Y, Alaska. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -150.0288° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 62.106° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 19.8 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 12km 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 2018-10-19 06:55:11 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-10-19 07:10:48 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -540 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 0 The total number of felt reports
CDI 1 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 178 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 0.64 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 ak20287059 Id of event.
Event Code 20287059 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ak20287059,us1000hea5, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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