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Minor earthquake 3.6 mag, 9 km WSW of Atka, Alaska


Earthquake location 52.1762S, -174.3409WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.6 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 9 km WSW of Atka, Alaska (6 miles). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 194.55 km (121 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 22/07/24 / 2024-07-22 01:52:59 / July 22, 2024 @ 1:52 am. The 3.6-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 01:52:59 / 1:52 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -174.3409° West, 52.1762° North, depth 194.55 km. Id of earthquake: us7000n0r8. Event ids that are associated: us7000n0r8.

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

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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: 9 km WSW of Atka, Alaska.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.6 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -174.3409° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 52.1762° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 194.55 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 9 km WSW of Atka, Alaska Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-07-22 01:52:59 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-07-22 05:01:40 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 199 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 12 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.092 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.25 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 184 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 us7000n0r8 Id of event.
Event Code 7000n0r8 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000n0r8, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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