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Minor earthquake 3.4 mag, 43 km WSW of Big Lake, Alaska


Earthquake location 61.3447S, -150.6868WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.4 (ml/mb) strikes 43 kilometers (27 miles) from Big Lake in Alaska on Saturday. The 3.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 03:21:41 / 3:21 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 58 km (36 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location, longitude -150.6868° West, latitude 61.3447° North, depth = 58 km. Unique identifier: ak15255046. Ids that are associated to the event: ak15255046. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 11/02/17 / 2017-02-11 12:21:41 / February 11, 2017 @ 12:21 pm.

Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Gateway, Lakes, Tanaina. Epicenter of the event was 44 km (28 miles) from Anchorage (c. 291 800 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Eagle River (c. 24 800 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Knik-Fairview (c. 14 900 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Lakes (c. 8 400 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Tanaina (c. 8 200 pop). 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. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days eighty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 43 km WSW of Big Lake, Alaska.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -150.6868° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 61.3447° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 58 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 43km WSW of Big Lake, Alaska Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2017-02-11 12:21:41 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2017-02-11 12:29:15 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 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 178 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 0.56 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 ak15255046 Id of event.
Event Code 15255046 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ak15255046, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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