Minor earthquake: M2.9 quake has struck near Fishhook in Alaska

A minor earthquake magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 15 kilometers (9 miles) from Fishhook in Alaska. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 26.4 km (16 miles). Id of earthquake: ak0207j8blpt. Event ids that are associated: ak0207j8blpt. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 12/06/20 / 2020-06-12 00:31:14 / June 12, 2020 @ 12:31 am. Exact location of event, depth 26.4 km, -149.4881° West, 61.8202° North. The temblor was reported at 00:31:14 / 12:31 am (local time epicenter).

Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 70 km (44 miles) from Anchorage (c. 291 800 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Eagle River (c. 24 800 pop), 35 km (22 miles) from Knik-Fairview (c. 14 900 pop), 26 km (16 miles) from Lakes (c. 8 400 pop), 22 km (13 miles) from Tanaina (c. 8 200 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Anchorage, Elmendorf Air Force Base, Eagle River (min 5000 pop).

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. In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days 0, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days eighty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 15 km WNW of Fishhook, Alaska. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	2.9 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-149.4881° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	61.8202° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	26.4 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	15 km WNW of Fishhook, Alaska	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2020-06-12 00:31:14	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2020-06-12 00:39:34	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset		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	0.96 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	ak0207j8blpt	Id of event.
Event Code	0207j8blpt	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,ak0207j8blpt,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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