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Minor earthquake 3.8 mag, 254 km W of Adak, Alaska


Earthquake location 51.6399S, 179.6968WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.8 (ml/mb) strikes 254 km W of Adak, Alaska (158 miles) on Tuesday. Exact location, longitude 179.6968° East, latitude 51.6399° North, depth = 106.498 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 07/05/24 / 2024-05-07 15:01:49 / May 7, 2024 @ 3:01 pm. The epicenter was at a depth of 106.498 km (66 miles). The temblor was reported at 15:01:49 / 3:01 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us6000mwyw, ak0245vxq8xo. Unique identifier: us6000mwyw.

Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 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. 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: 254 km W of Adak, Alaska.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.8 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 179.6968° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 51.6399° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 106.498 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 254 km W of Adak, Alaska Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-05-07 15:01:49 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-05-09 17:05:34 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 1 The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI 3.127 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 reviewed 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 us The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,us,ak, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 57 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.37 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.47 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 189 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mb The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us6000mwyw Id of event.
Event Code 6000mwyw An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000mwyw,ak0245vxq8xo, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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