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Minor earthquake, 2.8 mag was detected near Anchor Point in Alaska


Earthquake location 59.6373S, -152.2231WA minor earthquake with magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) was reported 26 kilometers (16 miles) from Anchor Point in Alaska on Tuesday. Exact location of event, depth 73.1 km, -152.2231° West, 59.6373° North. Unique identifier: ak0192zls549. Ids that are associated to the event: ak0192zls549. The temblor was detected at 20:46:57 / 8:46 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 73.1 km (45 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 06/03/19 / 2019-03-06 06:46:57 / March 6, 2019 @ 6:46 am.

Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 38 km (24 miles) from Homer (c. 5 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Homer (min 5000 pop).

Every year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days 0, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days fifty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 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: 26 km SW of Anchor Point, Alaska. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.8 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -152.2231° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 59.6373° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 73.1 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 26km SW of Anchor Point, Alaska Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2019-03-06 06:46:57 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-03-06 06:50:32 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -600 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 121 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 0.64 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 ak0192zls549 Id of event.
Event Code 0192zls549 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ak0192zls549, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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