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Minor earthquake: M2.8 quake has struck near Sutton-Alpine in Alaska

Posted by admin on September 8, 2019 0 Comments

Earthquake location 61.6766S, -148.1647WA minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) strikes 38 kilometers (24 miles) from Sutton-Alpine in Alaska on Sunday. Exact location of event, depth 16 km, -148.1647° West, 61.6766° North. The epicenter was at a depth of 16 km (10 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak019bjg200h. Id of event: ak019bjg200h. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 08/09/19 / 2019-09-08 20:43:03 / September 8, 2019 @ 8:43 pm. The temblor was picked up at 11:43:03 / 11:43 am (local time epicenter).

Earthquake epicenter was 61 km (38 miles) from Lakes (c. 8 400 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Tanaina (c. 8 200 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Wasilla (c. 7 800 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Meadow Lakes (c. 7 600 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Palmer (c. 5 900 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Meadow Lakes, Wasilla, Tanaina. Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected).

Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days five hundred and fourty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.

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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: 38 km ESE of Sutton-Alpine, Alaska.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.8 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -148.1647° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 61.6766° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 16 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 38km ESE of Sutton-Alpine, Alaska Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2019-09-08 20:43:03 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-09-08 20:47:54 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 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 1 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 ak019bjg200h Id of event.
Event Code 019bjg200h An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ak019bjg200h, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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