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Minor earthquake, 3.4 mag strikes near Salcha in Alaska

Posted by admin on June 28, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location 64.4876S, -146.926WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Salcha in Alaska. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak02489vzbwa. Id of event: ak02489vzbwa. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10.1 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was reported at 12:17:07 / 12:17 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 28/06/24 / 2024-06-28 12:17:07 / June 28, 2024 @ 12:17 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -146.926 West, latitude 64.4876 North, depth = 10.1 km.

Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was College, Fairbanks, Badger (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 54 km (34 miles) from Fairbanks (c. 31 500 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Badger (c. 19 500 pop), 59 km (36 miles) from College (c. 13 000 pop).

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 have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 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: 4 km SSW of Salcha, Alaska. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -146.926° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 64.4876° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10.1 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 4 km SSW of Salcha, Alaska Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-06-28 12:17:07 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-06-28 12:21:24 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 4.1 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 178 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 0.44 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 ak02489vzbwa Id of event.
Event Code 02489vzbwa An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ak02489vzbwa, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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