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Minor earthquake 3.3 mag, 43 km ENE of Y, Alaska


Earthquake location 62.3153S, -149.0914WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 43 kilometers (27 miles) from Y in Alaska. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 19/07/20 / 2020-07-19 00:36:24 / July 19, 2020 @ 12:36 am. The temblor was picked up at 00:36:24 / 12:36 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 50.4 km (31 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak02098f8iwj. Id of event: ak02098f8iwj. Exact location of earthquake, -149.0914° West, 62.3153° North, depth 50.4 km.

Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Meadow Lakes, Lakes, Palmer (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 80 km (49 miles) from Lakes (c. 8 400 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Tanaina (c. 8 200 pop), 81 km (51 miles) from Meadow Lakes (c. 7 600 pop), 80 km (49 miles) from Palmer (c. 5 900 pop).

Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days seventy-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.

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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. 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: 43 km ENE of Y, Alaska.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -149.0914° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 62.3153° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 50.4 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 43 km ENE 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 2020-07-19 00:36:24 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-07-24 07:42:48 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 reviewed 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 168 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 0.61 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 ak02098f8iwj Id of event.
Event Code 02098f8iwj An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ak02098f8iwj, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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