Minor earthquake, 3.9 mag strikes near Y in Alaska

A minor earthquake magnitude 3.9 (ml/mb) strikes 21 kilometers (13 miles) from Y in Alaska on Friday. The 3.9-magnitude earthquake was detected at 00:25:32 / 12:25 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: ak20254005. Event ids that are associated: ak20254005. Global time and date of event 14/09/18 / 2018-09-14 09:25:32 / September 14, 2018 @ 9:25 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -149.6136 West, latitude 62.3211 North, depth = 48.5 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 48.5 km (30 miles).

Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Gateway, Palmer, Wasilla (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Event epicenter was 81 km (50 miles) from Lakes (c. 8 400 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Tanaina (c. 8 200 pop), 83 km (51 miles) from Wasilla (c. 7 800 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Meadow Lakes (c. 7 600 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Palmer (c. 5 900 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Gateway (c. 5 600 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days seventy-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world.

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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. 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: 21 km NE of Y, Alaska.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	3.9 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-149.6136° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	62.3211° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	48.5 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	21km NE of Y, Alaska	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2018-09-14 09:25:32	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2018-09-14 09:40:30	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset	-540	Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	5	The total number of felt reports
CDI	3.8	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	236	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	0.57 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	ak20254005	Id of event.
Event Code	20254005	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,ak20254005,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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