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Minor earthquake: M3.4 quake has struck near Juneau in Alaska


Earthquake location 58.7718S, -134.4789WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.4 (ml/mb) strikes 52 kilometers (32 miles) from Juneau in Alaska on Monday. The temblor was reported at 13:37:27 / 1:37 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 13 km (8 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location, longitude -134.4789° West, latitude 58.7718° North, depth = 13 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 22/04/24 / 2024-04-22 13:37:27 / April 22, 2024 @ 1:37 pm. Event id: ak024573oubh. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak024573oubh, us7000mdur.

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Juneau (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 52 km (33 miles) from Juneau (c. 31 300 pop).

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

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage 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: 52 km N of Juneau, Alaska.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -134.4789° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 58.7718° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 13 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 52 km N of Juneau, Alaska Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-04-22 13:37:27 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-04-30 21:31:36 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 11 The total number of felt reports
CDI 3.8 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 182 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 0.92 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 ak024573oubh Id of event.
Event Code 024573oubh An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ak024573oubh,us7000mdur, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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