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Minor earthquake 2.9 mag, 59 km W of Big Lake, Alaska


Earthquake location 61.4492S, -151.0696WA minor earthquake magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) strikes 59 kilometers (37 miles) from Big Lake in Alaska on Saturday. The 2.9-magnitude earthquake was detected at 15:16:16 / 3:16 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -151.0696 West, latitude 61.4492 North, depth = 57.7 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 57.7 km (36 miles). Global time and date of event 08/12/19 / 2019-12-08 00:16:16 / December 8, 2019 @ 12:16 am UTC/GMT. Event id: ak019fplw5l7. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak019fplw5l7.

Event epicenter was 67 km (42 miles) from Anchorage (c. 291 800 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Anchorage. Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days eleven and in the last 365 days one hundred and ninety-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 59 km W of Big Lake, Alaska. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.9 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -151.0696° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 61.4492° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 57.7 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 59km W of Big Lake, Alaska Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2019-12-08 00:16:16 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-12-08 00:23:07 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 129 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 0.72 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 ak019fplw5l7 Id of event.
Event Code 019fplw5l7 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ak019fplw5l7, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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