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Minor earthquake: M3 quake has struck near Kenai Peninsula, Alaska


Earthquake location 60.701S, -150.5137WA minor earthquake with magnitude 3 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, Kenai Peninsula, Alaska kilometers (0 miles) from Kenai Peninsula, Alaska. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 56.7 km (35 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -150.5137 West, latitude 60.701 North, depth = 56.7 km. The temblor was picked up at 19:36:17 / 7:36 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: ak16513722. Unique identifier: ak16513722. Global time and date of event 13/08/17 / 2017-08-13 19:36:17 / August 13, 2017 @ 7:36 pm UTC/GMT.

Epicenter of the earthquake was 66 km (41 miles) from Anchorage (c. 291 800 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Kalifornsky (c. 7 900 pop), 44 km (27 miles) from Kenai (c. 7 100 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Elmendorf Air Force Base (c. 6 600 pop), 23 km (14 miles) from Sterling (c. 5 600 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Elmendorf Air Force Base, Anchorage, Kalifornsky.

There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. 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 three, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days fifty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.

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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. 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: Kenai Peninsula, Alaska.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -150.5137° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 60.701° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 56.7 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place Kenai Peninsula, Alaska Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2017-08-13 19:36:17 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2017-08-27 00:12:20 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 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 138 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 ak16513722 Id of event.
Event Code 16513722 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ak16513722, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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