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Minor earthquake, 3.4 mag strikes near Nanwalek in Alaska


Earthquake location 59.5598S, -152.698WA minor earthquake with magnitude 3.4 (ml/mb) was reported 49 kilometers (30 miles) from Nanwalek in Alaska on Friday. The 3.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 22:42:20 / 10:42 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 62.9 km (39 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -152.698 West, latitude 59.5598 North, depth = 62.9 km. Event id: ak0207v68xd6. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak0207v68xd6. Global time and date of event 19/06/20 / 2020-06-19 22:42:20 / June 19, 2020 @ 10:42 pm UTC/GMT.

The epicenter was 65 km (41 miles) from Homer (c. 5 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Homer (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).

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

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 49 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -152.698° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 59.5598° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 62.9 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 49 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-06-19 22:42:20 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-06-19 22:49:56 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 2 The total number of felt reports
CDI 3.4 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 179 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 0.55 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 ak0207v68xd6 Id of event.
Event Code 0207v68xd6 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ak0207v68xd6, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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