Minor earthquake 3.6 mag, 28 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska

A minor earthquake magnitude 3.6 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 28 kilometers (17 miles) from Salamatof in Alaska. Exact location, longitude -151.8092° West, latitude 60.5382° North, depth = 71.1 km. Global time and date of event 09/07/24 / 2024-07-09 19:53:06 / July 9, 2024 @ 7:53 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was detected at 19:53:06 / 7:53 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 71.1 km (44 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: ak0248s79w9m. Unique identifier: ak0248s79w9m.

Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sterling, Kalifornsky, Kenai (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 31 km (20 miles) from Kalifornsky (c. 7 900 pop), 30 km (19 miles) from Kenai (c. 7 100 pop), 57 km (35 miles) from Sterling (c. 5 600 pop). Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected).

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 two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days fourteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 28 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	3.6 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-151.8092° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	60.5382° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	71.1 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	28 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2024-07-09 19:53:06	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-07-09 19:54:27	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	199	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	0.59 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	ak0248s79w9m	Id of event.
Event Code	0248s79w9m	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,ak0248s79w9m,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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