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Minor earthquake 3.8 mag, 60 km NNW of Chickaloon, Alaska


Earthquake location 62.3307S, -148.7116WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.8 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 60 kilometers (37 miles) from Chickaloon in Alaska. The temblor was picked up at 16:44:18 / 4:44 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -148.7116° West, latitude 62.3307° North, depth = 21.2 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 21.2 km (13 miles) below the earth’s surface. Unique identifier: ak0208s5foz1. Ids that are associated to the event: ak0208s5foz1. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 09/07/20 / 2020-07-09 16:44:18 / July 9, 2020 @ 4:44 pm.

Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Lakes, Palmer. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 86 km (54 miles) from Lakes (c. 8 400 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Palmer (c. 5 900 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days fourty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. 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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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 60 km NNW of Chickaloon, Alaska.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.8 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -148.7116° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 62.3307° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 21.2 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 60 km NNW of Chickaloon, Alaska Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-07-09 16:44:18 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-07-09 16:51:12 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 1 The total number of felt reports
CDI 3.1 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 222 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 0.7 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 ak0208s5foz1 Id of event.
Event Code 0208s5foz1 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ak0208s5foz1, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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