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Minor earthquake, 3.9 mag has occurred near Nikolski in Alaska


Earthquake location 51.2476S, -170.4001WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.9 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 215 km SSW of Nikolski, Alaska (134 miles). The temblor was detected at 18:35:59 / 6:35 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 26/07/24 / 2024-07-26 18:35:59 / July 26, 2024 @ 6:35 pm UTC/GMT. Unique identifier: us6000nj45. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000nj45. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -170.4001 West, latitude 51.2476 North, depth = 10 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).

In the past 24 hours, there have been six, in the last 10 days twelve, in the past 30 days twenty-three and in the last 365 days fifty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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 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: 215 km SSW of Nikolski, Alaska.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.9 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -170.4001° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 51.2476° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 215 km SSW of Nikolski, Alaska Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-07-26 18:35:59 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-08-17 21:48:14 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 234 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 20 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.597 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.95 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 141 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mb The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us6000nj45 Id of event.
Event Code 6000nj45 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000nj45, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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