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Minor earthquake, 3.2 mag strikes near Nanwalek in Alaska

Posted by admin on February 16, 2021 0 Comments

Earthquake location 59.5451S, -152.9663WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 62 kilometers (39 miles) from Nanwalek in Alaska. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 16/02/21 / 2021-02-16 22:18:49 / February 16, 2021 @ 10:18 pm. Id of earthquake: ak021263gt7u. Event ids that are associated: ak021263gt7u. The 3.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 22:18:49 / 10:18 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 96.2 km, -152.9663° West, 59.5451° North. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 96.2 km (60 miles) below the earth’s surface.

Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 80 km (50 miles) from Homer (c. 5 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Homer.

Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days seventy-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.

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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 62 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -152.9663° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 59.5451° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 96.2 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 62 km WNW 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 2021-02-16 22:18:49 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2021-02-16 22:21:25 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 158 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 0.58 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 ak021263gt7u Id of event.
Event Code 021263gt7u An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ak021263gt7u, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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