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Minor earthquake 3 mag, 20 km WSW of Anchorage, Alaska


Earthquake location 61.1265S, -150.2234WA minor earthquake with magnitude 3 (ml/mb) was reported 20 kilometers (12 miles) from Anchorage in Alaska on Sunday. Global time and date of event 14/01/19 / 2019-01-14 01:06:41 / January 14, 2019 @ 1:06 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was picked up at 16:06:41 / 4:06 pm (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: ak019n65obt. Ids that are associated to the event: ak019n65obt. Exact location of event, depth 86.6 km, -150.2234° West, 61.1265° North. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 86.6 km (54 miles).

Event epicenter was 20 km (12 miles) from Anchorage (c. 291 800 pop), 41 km (26 miles) from Eagle River (c. 24 800 pop), 54 km (34 miles) from Knik-Fairview (c. 14 900 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Lakes (c. 8 400 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Tanaina (c. 8 200 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Lakes, Sterling, Gateway (min 5000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days ten, in the past 30 days fifty-three and in the last 365 days four hundred and ninety-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -150.2234° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 61.1265° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 86.6 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 20km WSW of Anchorage, Alaska Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2019-01-14 01:06:41 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-01-14 01:17:57 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 2.1 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 138 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 1.29 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 ak019n65obt Id of event.
Event Code 019n65obt An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ak019n65obt, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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