5.7 Earthquake (preliminary) hits Southern Alaska

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5.7 Earthquake (preliminary) hits Southern Alaska

#1 Postby lurkey » Mon Jun 22, 2009 3:00 pm

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/rec ... 109810.php

Magnitude 5.7
Date-Time

* Monday, June 22, 2009 at 19:28:05 UTC
* Monday, June 22, 2009 at 11:28:05 AM at epicenter

Location 61.944°N, 150.519°W
Depth 56.5 km (35.1 miles) set by location program
Region SOUTHERN ALASKA
Distances

* 34 km (21 miles) NW (305°) from Willow, AK
* 40 km (25 miles) E (79°) from Skwentna, AK
* 41 km (26 miles) SSW (192°) from Trapper Creek, AK
* 93 km (58 miles) NNW (335°) from Anchorage, AK

Location Uncertainty horizontal +/- 0.2 km (0.1 miles); depth fixed by location program
Parameters NST=120, Nph=117, Dmin=82.8 km, Rmss=1.06 sec, Gp= 36°,
M-type=local magnitude (ML), Version=1
Source

* Alaska Earthquake Information Center
Geophysical Institute, University of Alaska Fairbanks

Event ID ak00109810

* This is a computer-generated message -- this event has not yet been reviewed by a seismologist


There have small aftershocks, since then about 2.8 - 3.2
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