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Minor earthquake 3.4 mag, 79 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska


Earthquake location 53.4943S, -165.2246WA minor earthquake with magnitude 3.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 79 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska (49 miles). The temblor was detected at 12:26:51 / 12:26 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -165.2246 West, latitude 53.4943 North, depth = 40.178 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 18/06/24 / 2024-06-18 12:26:51 / June 18, 2024 @ 12:26 pm UTC/GMT. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 40.178 km (25 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event id: us6000n8g0. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000n8g0.

Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days fourteen 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: 79 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -165.2246° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 53.4943° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 40.178 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 79 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-06-18 12:26:51 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-07-17 13:57:21 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 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 178 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network us The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 21 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.839 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.42 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 164 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 us6000n8g0 Id of event.
Event Code 6000n8g0 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000n8g0, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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