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Minor earthquake, 3.23 mag has occurred near Adak in Alaska


Earthquake location 51.550166666667S, -177.06283333333WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.23 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 46 km SW of Adak, Alaska (29 miles). The epicenter was at a depth of 12.89 km (8 miles). Global time and date of event 28/09/24 / 2024-09-28 19:41:21 / September 28, 2024 @ 7:41 pm UTC/GMT. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: av93289808. Id of event: av93289808. The temblor was detected at 19:41:21 / 7:41 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -177.06283333333° West, 51.550166666667° North, depth 12.89 km.

Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days ten, in the past 30 days twelve and in the last 365 days fifty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity 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: 46 km SW of Adak, Alaska.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.23 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -177.06283333333° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 51.550166666667° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 12.89 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 46 km SW of Adak, Alaska Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-09-28 19:41:21 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-09-29 21:40:25 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 161 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network av The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,av, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 22 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.2373 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.25 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 227 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 av93289808 Id of event.
Event Code 93289808 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,av93289808, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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