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Minor earthquake, 3.9 mag was detected near Nikolski in Alaska


Earthquake location 52.0532S, -170.7749WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.9 (ml/mb) strikes 163 km SW of Nikolski, Alaska (101 miles) on Friday. All ids that are associated to the event: ak02498hf7r6, us7000n07u. Unique identifier: us7000n07u. The temblor was picked up at 04:03:39 / 4:03 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 19/07/24 / 2024-07-19 04:03:39 / July 19, 2024 @ 4:03 am. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 47.561 km (30 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, depth 47.561 km, -170.7749° West, 52.0532° North.

Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days fifteen and in the last 365 days ninety-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 163 km SW of Nikolski, Alaska.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.9 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -170.7749° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 52.0532° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 47.561 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 163 km SW of Nikolski, Alaska Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-07-19 04:03:39 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-07-19 21:30:34 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 1.178 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 234 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 ,ak,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 40 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.905 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.82 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 160 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mb The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us7000n07u Id of event.
Event Code 7000n07u An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ak02498hf7r6,us7000n07u, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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