Minor earthquake: M3.1 quake has struck near Nanwalek in Alaska

A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.1 (ml/mb) was reported 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Nanwalek in Alaska on Friday. The temblor was reported at 15:45:08 / 3:45 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 49.34 km (31 miles). Event id: us6000b7gz. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000b7gz. Exact location, longitude -151.9911° West, latitude 59.3818° North, depth = 49.34 km. Global time and date of event 31/07/20 / 2020-07-31 15:45:08 / July 31, 2020 @ 3:45 pm UTC/GMT.

Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Homer (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Event epicenter was 38 km (24 miles) from Homer (c. 5 000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days fifty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 4 km NW of Nanwalek, Alaska. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	3.1 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-151.9911° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	59.3818° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	49.34 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	4 km NW of Nanwalek, Alaska	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2020-07-31 15:45:08	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2020-07-31 15:52:58	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	148	A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network	us	The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources	,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	0.326	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.47 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	122	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	us6000b7gz	Id of event.
Event Code	6000b7gz	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us6000b7gz,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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