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Minor earthquake 3.2 mag, 13 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska


Earthquake location 59.7557S, -152.0759WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.2 (ml/mb) strikes 13 kilometers (8 miles) from Anchor Point in Alaska on Saturday. The epicenter was at a depth of 69 km (43 miles). Event id: ak02453p21ci. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000mdfi, ak02453p21ci. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 20/04/24 / 2024-04-20 07:39:57 / April 20, 2024 @ 7:39 am. Exact location of event, depth 69 km, -152.0759° West, 59.7557° North. The temblor was picked up at 07:39:57 / 7:39 am (local time epicenter).

Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Homer (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 32 km (20 miles) from Homer (c. 5 000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been nine, in the last 10 days nine, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days nine 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. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 13 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -152.0759° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 59.7557° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 69 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 13 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 2024-04-20 07:39:57 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-05-08 05:06:34 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 2 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 158 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 0.64 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 ak02453p21ci Id of event.
Event Code 02453p21ci An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000mdfi,ak02453p21ci, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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