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Minor earthquake, 3.7 mag was detected near Atka in Alaska


Earthquake location 51.669S, -175.1788WA minor earthquake with magnitude 3.7 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 89 km SW of Atka, Alaska (55 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 10/09/24 / 2024-09-10 22:48:58 / September 10, 2024 @ 10:48 pm. The temblor was detected at 22:48:58 / 10:48 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -175.1788° West, latitude 51.669° North, depth = 35 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 35 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event id: us7000nd0l. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak024bofw3ks, us7000nd0l.

There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been eight, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days fourty-three 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.

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage 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: 89 km SW of Atka, Alaska.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.7 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -175.1788° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 51.669° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 35 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 89 km SW of Atka, Alaska Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-09-10 22:48:58 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-09-28 05:18:39 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 2.087 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 211 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 ,ak,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 57 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.562 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.98 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 198 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 us7000nd0l Id of event.
Event Code 7000nd0l An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ak024bofw3ks,us7000nd0l, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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