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Minor earthquake, 3.4 mag strikes near Willow in Alaska


Earthquake location 61.6008S, -150.6828WA minor earthquake with magnitude 3.4 (ml/mb) was reported 37 kilometers (23 miles) from Willow in Alaska on Friday. Exact location of event, depth 65.1 km, -150.6828° West, 61.6008° North. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 01/12/17 / 2017-12-01 16:22:17 / December 1, 2017 @ 4:22 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 65.1 km (40 miles). Id of earthquake: ak17420297. Event ids that are associated: ak17420297. The temblor was reported at 07:22:17 / 7:22 am (local time epicenter).

Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Palmer, Gateway, Lakes (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 60 km (37 miles) from Anchorage (c. 291 800 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Eagle River (c. 24 800 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Knik-Fairview (c. 14 900 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Lakes (c. 8 400 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Tanaina (c. 8 200 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days seventy-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 37 km WSW of Willow, Alaska. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -150.6828° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 61.6008° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 65.1 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 37km WSW of Willow, Alaska Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2017-12-01 16:22:17 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2017-12-01 16:25:17 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 0.37 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 ak17420297 Id of event.
Event Code 17420297 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ak17420297, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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