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Minor earthquake 3.3 mag, 20 km SW of Talkeetna, Alaska


Earthquake location 62.1877S, -150.3702WA minor earthquake with magnitude 3.3 (ml/mb) was reported 20 kilometers (12 miles) from Talkeetna in Alaska on Friday. All ids that are associated to the event: us10003veq. Unique identifier: us10003veq. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 06/11/15 / 2015-11-06 23:44:05 / November 6, 2015 @ 11:44 pm. Exact location of event, depth 54.7 km, -150.3702° West, 62.1877° North. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 54.7 km (34 miles). The temblor was reported at 14:44:05 / 2:44 pm (local time epicenter).

Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Tanaina, Meadow Lakes (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 80 km (49 miles) from Tanaina (c. 8 200 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Meadow Lakes (c. 7 600 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).

Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been nine, in the last 10 days eleven, in the past 30 days nineteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and twenty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 20 km SW of Talkeetna, Alaska. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -150.3702° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 62.1877° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 54.7 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 20km SW of Talkeetna, Alaska Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2015-11-06 23:44:05 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2015-11-17 02:39:36 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -540 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 168 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 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.7 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 us10003veq Id of event.
Event Code 10003veq An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us10003veq, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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