Minor earthquake, 3.7 mag strikes near Salamatof in Alaska

A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.7 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 28 kilometers (17 miles) from Salamatof in Alaska. The 3.7-magnitude earthquake was detected at 10:14:57 / 10:14 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 12/05/24 / 2024-05-12 10:14:57 / May 12, 2024 @ 10:14 am. Unique identifier: ak024644im5i. Ids that are associated to the event: ak024644im5i, us6000my1k. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 67 km (42 miles). Exact location, longitude -151.8033° West, latitude 60.5171° North, depth = 67 km.

Epicenter of the event was 30 km (19 miles) from Kalifornsky (c. 7 900 pop), 30 km (19 miles) from Kenai (c. 7 100 pop), 57 km (35 miles) from Sterling (c. 5 600 pop). Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sterling, Kalifornsky, Kenai (min 5000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. 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: 28 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	3.7 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-151.8033° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	60.5171° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	67 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	28 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2024-05-12 10:14:57	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-05-12 19:07:40	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	3.036	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	211	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,us,	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	0.64 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	ak024644im5i	Id of event.
Event Code	024644im5i	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,ak024644im5i,us6000my1k,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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