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Minor earthquake, 2.9 mag was detected near Y in Alaska


Earthquake location 62.0941S, -149.4622WA minor earthquake with magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) was reported 21 kilometers (13 miles) from Y in Alaska on Tuesday. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 34.7 km (22 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 26/03/19 / 2019-03-26 10:57:27 / March 26, 2019 @ 10:57 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was reported at 01:57:27 / 1:57 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -149.4622° West, 62.0941° North, depth 34.7 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak0193wqz3yt. Id of event: ak0193wqz3yt.

Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Knik-Fairview, Gateway, Palmer (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 65 km (40 miles) from Knik-Fairview (c. 14 900 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Lakes (c. 8 400 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Tanaina (c. 8 200 pop), 57 km (35 miles) from Wasilla (c. 7 800 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Meadow Lakes (c. 7 600 pop).

Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days thirteen and in the last 365 days five hundred and thirty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. 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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 21 km ESE of Y, Alaska.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.9 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -149.4622° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 62.0941° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 34.7 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 21km ESE 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 2019-03-26 10:57:27 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-03-26 11:10:22 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -540 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 2 The total number of felt reports
CDI 2 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 130 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 1.05 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 ak0193wqz3yt Id of event.
Event Code 0193wqz3yt An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ak0193wqz3yt, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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