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Minor earthquake, 3.6 mag was detected near Inuvik in Canada


Earthquake location 68.1761S, -136.3433WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.6 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 110 km WSW of Inuvik, Canada (68 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 14/08/24 / 2024-08-14 03:57:09 / August 14, 2024 @ 3:57 am. The 3.6-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 03:57:09 / 3:57 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -136.3433 West, latitude 68.1761 North, depth = 32 km. All ids that are associated to the event: ak024afh4bqb. Unique identifier: ak024afh4bqb. The epicenter was at a depth of 32 km (20 miles).

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

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 110 km WSW of Inuvik, Canada.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.6 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -136.3433° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 68.1761° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 32 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 110 km WSW of Inuvik, Canada Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-08-14 03:57:09 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-08-14 20:08:05 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 4.614 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 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 0.85 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 ak024afh4bqb Id of event.
Event Code 024afh4bqb An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ak024afh4bqb, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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