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Minor earthquake 2.8 mag, 19 km NNW of Talkeetna, Alaska


Earthquake location 62.478S, -150.2819WA minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) strikes 19 km NNW of Talkeetna, Alaska (12 miles) on Thursday. The 2.8-magnitude earthquake was detected at 03:29:42 / 3:29 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 56.1 km (35 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 13/06/19 / 2019-06-13 12:29:42 / June 13, 2019 @ 12:29 pm. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -150.2819 West, latitude 62.478 North, depth = 56.1 km. Event id: ak0197jfgfat. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak0197jfgfat.

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days one hundred and sixty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world each year.

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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: 19 km NNW of Talkeetna, Alaska. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.8 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -150.2819° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 62.478° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 56.1 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 19km NNW of Talkeetna, Alaska Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2019-06-13 12:29:42 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-06-13 12:34:39 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 ak0197jfgfat Id of event.
Event Code 0197jfgfat An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ak0197jfgfat, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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