Minor earthquake 3.8 mag, 32 km NE of Whittier, Alaska

A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.8 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 32 kilometers (20 miles) from Whittier in Alaska. Exact location of event, depth 18.6 km, -148.2835° West, 60.9847° North. The temblor was reported at 21:37:50 / 9:37 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 31/07/24 / 2024-07-31 21:37:50 / July 31, 2024 @ 9:37 pm. Unique identifier: ak0249sm72cx. Ids that are associated to the event: ak0249sm72cx. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 18.6 km (12 miles) below the earth’s surface.

Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 78 km (49 miles) from Eagle River (c. 24 800 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Elmendorf Air Force Base (c. 6 600 pop), 81 km (51 miles) from Palmer (c. 5 900 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Gateway (c. 5 600 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Gateway, Palmer, Elmendorf Air Force Base (min 5000 pop).

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

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 32 km NE of Whittier, Alaska. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	3.8 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-148.2835° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	60.9847° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	18.6 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	32 km NE of Whittier, Alaska	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2024-07-31 21:37:50	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-07-31 21:41:00	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset		Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	1	The total number of felt reports
CDI	2	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	222	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	0.38 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	ak0249sm72cx	Id of event.
Event Code	0249sm72cx	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,ak0249sm72cx,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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