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Minor earthquake 3.6 mag, Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska


Earthquake location 50.513S, 178.5207WA minor earthquake with magnitude 3.6 (ml/mb) was reported Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska (0 miles) on Tuesday. Id of earthquake: ak024cbc8kta. Event ids that are associated: ak024cbc8kta. Exact location of event, longitude 178.5207 East, latitude 50.513 North, depth = 29.4 km. The temblor was detected at 07:07:08 / 7:07 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 24/09/24 / 2024-09-24 07:07:08 / September 24, 2024 @ 7:07 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 29.4 km (18 miles).

In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days sixteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred 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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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city 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: Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.6 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 178.5207° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 50.513° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 29.4 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-09-24 07:07:08 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-09-24 17:02:57 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 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 1 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 ak024cbc8kta Id of event.
Event Code 024cbc8kta An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ak024cbc8kta, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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