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Minor earthquake 2.9 mag, 20 km SSE of Minto, Alaska

Posted by admin on August 22, 2020 0 Comments

Earthquake location 64.9758S, -149.1835WA minor earthquake magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 20 kilometers (12 miles) from Minto in Alaska. Exact location of event, longitude -149.1835 West, latitude 64.9758 North, depth = 14.2 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 22/08/20 / 2020-08-22 15:43:02 / August 22, 2020 @ 3:43 pm. The temblor was reported at 15:43:02 / 3:43 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 14.2 km (9 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event id: ak020aswha47. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak020aswha47.

Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Fairbanks, College (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 71 km (44 miles) from Fairbanks (c. 31 500 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from College (c. 13 000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days sixteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 20 km SSE of Minto, 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 -149.1835° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 64.9758° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 14.2 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 20 km SSE of Minto, Alaska Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-08-22 15:43:02 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-08-22 15:55:16 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 1 The total number of felt reports
CDI 2.2 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 130 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 0.94 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 ak020aswha47 Id of event.
Event Code 020aswha47 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ak020aswha47, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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