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Minor earthquake, 3.2 mag has occurred near Pelican in Alaska


Earthquake location 57.5201S, -136.9596WA minor earthquake with magnitude 3.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 65 km SW of Pelican, Alaska (40 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 27/05/24 / 2024-05-27 17:44:39 / May 27, 2024 @ 5:44 pm. Event id: ak0246t1x8u4. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak0246t1x8u4. Exact location of earthquake, -136.9596° West, 57.5201° North, depth 15.1 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 15.1 km (9 miles). The temblor was picked up at 17:44:39 / 5:44 pm (local time epicenter).

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

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 65 km SW of Pelican, Alaska. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -136.9596° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 57.5201° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 15.1 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 65 km SW of Pelican, Alaska Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-05-27 17:44:39 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-05-27 17:48:09 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 automatic 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 ,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 0.75 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 ak0246t1x8u4 Id of event.
Event Code 0246t1x8u4 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ak0246t1x8u4, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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