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Minor earthquake, 2.8 mag has occurred near Anchorage in Alaska


Earthquake location 61.3326S, -150.0973WA minor earthquake with magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) was reported 16 kilometers (10 miles) from Anchorage in Alaska on Thursday. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 03/05/19 / 2019-05-03 08:52:44 / May 3, 2019 @ 8:52 am. Exact location of event, longitude -150.0973 West, latitude 61.3326 North, depth = 33.4 km. Unique identifier: ak0195nk6e84. Ids that are associated to the event: ak0195nk6e84. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 33.4 km (21 miles). The temblor was picked up at 23:52:44 / 11:52 pm (local time epicenter).

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 Palmer, Gateway, Lakes. Epicenter of the earthquake was 17 km (10 miles) from Anchorage (c. 291 800 pop), 28 km (18 miles) from Eagle River (c. 24 800 pop), 33 km (21 miles) from Knik-Fairview (c. 14 900 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Lakes (c. 8 400 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Tanaina (c. 8 200 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days five hundred and thirty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Every year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 16 km NW of Anchorage, Alaska.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.8 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -150.0973° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 61.3326° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 33.4 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 16km NW 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 2019-05-03 08:52:44 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-05-03 08:56:15 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 121 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 0.74 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 ak0195nk6e84 Id of event.
Event Code 0195nk6e84 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ak0195nk6e84, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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