Minor earthquake, 2.9 mag strikes near Whittier in Alaska

A minor earthquake magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 40 kilometers (25 miles) from Whittier in Alaska. The temblor was reported at 17:08:50 / 5:08 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 14.9 km, -148.478° West, 61.1207° North. The epicenter was at a depth of 14.9 km (9 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 21/01/20 / 2020-01-21 02:08:50 / January 21, 2020 @ 2:08 am UTC/GMT. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak020yriz85, us60007btd. Id of event: ak020yriz85.

Event epicenter was 77 km (48 miles) from Anchorage (c. 291 800 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from Eagle River (c. 24 800 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Knik-Fairview (c. 14 900 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Lakes (c. 8 400 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Tanaina (c. 8 200 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Anchorage, Tanaina, Knik-Fairview.

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 0, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days one hundred and fifteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected 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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 40 km NNE of Whittier, Alaska.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	2.9 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-148.478° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	61.1207° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	14.9 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	40km NNE 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	2020-01-21 02:08:50	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2020-01-21 02:52:51	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,us,	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	0.56 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	ak020yriz85	Id of event.
Event Code	020yriz85	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,ak020yriz85,us60007btd,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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