Minor earthquake 3.21 mag, 71 km WSW of Nikolski, Alaska

A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.21 (ml/mb) was reported 71 km WSW of Nikolski, Alaska (44 miles) on Sunday. Exact location of earthquake, -169.901° West, 52.803666666667° North, depth 7.97 km. The temblor was picked up at 18:11:57 / 6:11 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 13/10/24 / 2024-10-13 18:11:57 / October 13, 2024 @ 6:11 pm. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 7.97 km (5 miles) below the earth’s surface. Unique identifier: av93024029. Ids that are associated to the event: av93024029.

Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days one hundred earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.

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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: 71 km WSW of Nikolski, Alaska.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	3.21 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-169.901° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	52.803666666667° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	7.97 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	71 km WSW 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	2024-10-13 18:11:57	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-10-16 03:54:27	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	159	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	6	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.01927	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.08 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	ml	The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type	earthquake	Type of seismic event.
Event ID	av93024029	Id of event.
Event Code	93024029	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,av93024029,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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