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Minor earthquake, 2.9 mag was detected near Nikiski in Alaska


Earthquake location 61.0774S, -151.4384WA minor earthquake with magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) was reported 43 kilometers (27 miles) from Nikiski in Alaska on Saturday. Id of earthquake: ak11667418. Event ids that are associated: ak11667418. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 02/08/15 / 2015-08-02 03:53:50 / August 2, 2015 @ 3:53 am. The epicenter was at a depth of 65.9 km (41 miles). The 2.9-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 19:53:50 / 7:53 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 65.9 km, -151.4384° West, 61.0774° North.

Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kalifornsky, Sterling, Kenai. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 74 km (46 miles) from Kalifornsky (c. 7 900 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Kenai (c. 7 100 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Sterling (c. 5 600 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 eight, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days eighty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city 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 N of Nikiski, Alaska.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.9 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -151.4384° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 61.0774° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 65.9 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 43km N of Nikiski, Alaska Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2015-08-02 03:53:50 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2015-08-03 17:30:56 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -480 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 0 The total number of felt reports
CDI 1 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 129 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 76 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.3530379 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.65 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 35.99999712 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 ak11667418 Id of event.
Event Code 11667418 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ak11667418, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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