Minor earthquake, 3.6 mag has occurred near Susitna North in Alaska

A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 12 kilometers (7 miles) from Susitna North in Alaska. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 18/04/24 / 2024-04-18 20:31:48 / April 18, 2024 @ 8:31 pm. The temblor was detected at 20:31:48 / 8:31 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 45.1 km (28 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, depth 45.1 km, -149.6797° West, 62.2335° North. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000md0a, ak02450lo8sv. Id of event: ak02450lo8sv.

Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Knik-Fairview, Gateway, Palmer (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 80 km (50 miles) from Knik-Fairview (c. 14 900 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Lakes (c. 8 400 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Tanaina (c. 8 200 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Wasilla (c. 7 800 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Meadow Lakes (c. 7 600 pop), 76 km (48 miles) from Palmer (c. 5 900 pop).

Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been eight, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.

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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: 12 km NE of Susitna North, Alaska.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	3.6 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-149.6797° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	62.2335° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	45.1 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	12 km NE of Susitna North, Alaska	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2024-04-18 20:31:48	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-05-13 14:49:50	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	3.1	The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI	2.476	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	200	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	,us,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	0.72 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	ak02450lo8sv	Id of event.
Event Code	02450lo8sv	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us7000md0a,ak02450lo8sv,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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