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Minor earthquake, 3.7 mag strikes near Akhiok in Alaska


Earthquake location 55.8948S, -155.6609WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.7 (ml/mb) strikes 148 km SW of Akhiok, Alaska (92 miles) on Wednesday. Exact time and date of earthquake 29/05/24 / 2024-05-29 07:48:50 / May 29, 2024 @ 7:48 am UTC/GMT. All ids that are associated to the event: ak0246w72hh3. Unique identifier: ak0246w72hh3. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 60.9 km (38 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location, longitude -155.6609° West, latitude 55.8948° North, depth = 60.9 km. The temblor was detected at 07:48:50 / 7:48 am (local time epicenter).

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

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 148 km SW of Akhiok, Alaska. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.7 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -155.6609° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 55.8948° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 60.9 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 148 km SW of Akhiok, Alaska Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-05-29 07:48:50 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-05-29 07:50:54 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 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, 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 0.41 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 ak0246w72hh3 Id of event.
Event Code 0246w72hh3 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ak0246w72hh3, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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