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Minor earthquake, 3.4 mag has occurred near Whittier in Alaska

Posted by admin on February 22, 2019 0 Comments

Earthquake location 60.7258S, -148.6455WA minor earthquake with magnitude 3.4 (ml/mb) was reported 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Whittier in Alaska on Friday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 247.2 km (154 miles). Exact location, longitude -148.6455° West, latitude 60.7258° North, depth = 247.2 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 22/02/19 / 2019-02-22 10:28:59 / February 22, 2019 @ 10:28 am. All ids that are associated to the event: ak0192ftlyko. Unique identifier: ak0192ftlyko. The 3.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 01:28:59 / 1:28 am (local time epicenter).

Event epicenter was 83 km (51 miles) from Eagle River (c. 24 800 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Elmendorf Air Force Base (c. 6 600 pop). Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Eagle River, Elmendorf Air Force Base (min 5000 pop).

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

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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 5 km SSE of Whittier, Alaska.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -148.6455° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 60.7258° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 247.2 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 5km SSE 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 2019-02-22 10:28:59 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-02-22 10:36:16 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 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, 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 1.03 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 ak0192ftlyko Id of event.
Event Code 0192ftlyko An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ak0192ftlyko, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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