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Earthquake: M 3.6 quake strikes near Southern Alaska


Earthquake location 59.9179S, -153.0854WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.6 (mg/mb) has occurred on Monday, Southern Alaska kilometers (0 miles) from Southern Alaska. The temblor was reported at 10:05:22 / 10:05 am (local time epicenter) at a depth of 114.4 km (71 miles). Global time of event 20/04/15 / 2015-04-20 10:05:22 / April 20, 2015 @ 10:05 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. Exact location of event, longitude -153.0854 West, latitude 59.9179 North, depth 114.4 km, unique identifier, ak11557172.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.6 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -153.0854° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 59.9179° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 114.4 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place Southern Alaska Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2015-04-20 10:05:22 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2015-04-20 12:02:42 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 199 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 93 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 0.72 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 89.999992800001 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 ak11557172 Id of event.
Event Code 11557172 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ak11557172, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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