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Minor earthquake, 3.8 mag has occurred near Elmendorf Air Force Base in Alaska


Earthquake location 61.2172S, -149.6159WA minor earthquake with magnitude 3.8 (ml/mb) was reported 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Elmendorf Air Force Base in Alaska on Friday. Exact location of event, depth 34.5 km, -149.6159° West, 61.2172° North. Id of earthquake: ak024aiz7bgz. Event ids that are associated: ak024aiz7bgz. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 16/08/24 / 2024-08-16 15:34:25 / August 16, 2024 @ 3:34 pm. The temblor was picked up at 15:34:25 / 3:34 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 34.5 km (21 miles) below the earth’s surface.

Event epicenter was 15 km (9 miles) from Anchorage (c. 291 800 pop), 12 km (7 miles) from Eagle River (c. 24 800 pop), 33 km (20 miles) from Knik-Fairview (c. 14 900 pop), 46 km (29 miles) from Lakes (c. 8 400 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Tanaina (c. 8 200 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Wasilla (c. 7 800 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Palmer, Tanaina, Lakes (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days eleven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. 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.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 4 km S of Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.8 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -149.6159° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 61.2172° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 34.5 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 4 km S of Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-08-16 15:34:25 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-08-16 15:35:54 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 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 ak024aiz7bgz Id of event.
Event Code 024aiz7bgz An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ak024aiz7bgz, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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