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Minor earthquake, 3.3 mag strikes near Glacier View in Alaska


Earthquake location 61.6495S, -148.0231WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 26 kilometers (16 miles) from Glacier View in Alaska. The temblor was reported at 23:23:07 / 11:23 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -148.0231° West, 61.6495° North, depth 17.3 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 29/07/24 / 2024-07-29 23:23:07 / July 29, 2024 @ 11:23 pm. Unique identifier: ak0249pc855o. Ids that are associated to the event: ak0249pc855o. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 17.3 km (11 miles) below the earth’s surface.

Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 68 km (42 miles) from Lakes (c. 8 400 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Tanaina (c. 8 200 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Wasilla (c. 7 800 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Palmer (c. 5 900 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Gateway (c. 5 600 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Wasilla, Tanaina, Lakes (min 5000 pop).

There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days twelve earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 26 km SW of Glacier View, Alaska.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -148.0231° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 61.6495° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 17.3 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 26 km SW of Glacier View, Alaska Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-07-29 23:23:07 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-07-29 23:24:21 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 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 168 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 0.37 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 ak0249pc855o Id of event.
Event Code 0249pc855o An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ak0249pc855o, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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