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Minor earthquake, 2.9 mag has occurred near Anchorage in Alaska


Earthquake location 61.2314S, -149.9619WA minor earthquake with magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) was reported 3 kilometers (2 miles) from Anchorage in Alaska on Wednesday. Id of earthquake: ak20445077. Event ids that are associated: ak20445077. Exact location of earthquake, -149.9619° West, 61.2314° North, depth 36.2 km. The temblor was reported at 06:38:12 / 6:38 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 36.2 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global time and date of event 05/12/18 / 2018-12-05 15:38:12 / December 5, 2018 @ 3:38 pm UTC/GMT.

Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Palmer, Lakes, Gateway (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 4 km (2 miles) from Anchorage (c. 291 800 pop), 23 km (14 miles) from Eagle River (c. 24 800 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Knik-Fairview (c. 14 900 pop), 54 km (34 miles) from Lakes (c. 8 400 pop), 52 km (33 miles) from Tanaina (c. 8 200 pop).

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

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 3 km WNW of Anchorage, Alaska. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.9 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -149.9619° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 61.2314° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 36.2 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 3km WNW of Anchorage, Alaska Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2018-12-05 15:38:12 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-12-05 15:45:22 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -540 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 3 The total number of felt reports
CDI 2 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 130 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 0.68 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 ak20445077 Id of event.
Event Code 20445077 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ak20445077, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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