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Minor earthquake, 3.4 mag was detected near Anchor Point in Alaska

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Earthquake location 59.7744S, -152.6724WA minor earthquake with magnitude 3.4 (ml/mb) was reported 47 kilometers (29 miles) from Anchor Point in Alaska on Thursday. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 16/05/24 / 2024-05-16 01:01:47 / May 16, 2024 @ 1:01 am. Exact location of earthquake, -152.6724° West, 59.7744° North, depth 92.503 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 92.503 km (57 miles). Id of earthquake: us6000myvj. Event ids that are associated: us6000myvj. The temblor was detected at 01:01:47 / 1:01 am (local time epicenter).

Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Homer (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 65 km (40 miles) from Homer (c. 5 000 pop).

Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.

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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: 47 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -152.6724° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 59.7744° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 92.503 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 47 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-05-16 01:01:47 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-05-22 22:01:52 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 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 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 178 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, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 66 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.531 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.51 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 76 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 us6000myvj Id of event.
Event Code 6000myvj An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000myvj, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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