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Minor World Earthquakes Magnitude -3.9

Minor earthquake 3.9 mag, 71 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska


Earthquake location 55.0943S, -159.4547WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.9 (ml/mb) strikes 71 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska (44 miles) on Wednesday. Exact location, longitude -159.4547° West, latitude 55.0943° North, depth = 10.833 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 16/10/24 / 2024-10-16 20:48:58 / October 16, 2024 @ 8:48 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10.833 km (7 miles) below the earth’s surface. Unique identifier: us6000nz6z. Ids that are associated to the event: ak024dby1tvq, us6000nz6z. The temblor was picked up at 20:48:58 / 8:48 pm (local time epicenter).

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

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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 71 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.9 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -159.4547° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 55.0943° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10.833 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 71 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-10-16 20:48:58 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-10-20 17:31:30 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 2 The total number of felt reports
CDI 2.2 The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI 4.004 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 ,ak,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 21 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.639 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.84 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 234 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 us6000nz6z Id of event.
Event Code 6000nz6z An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ak024dby1tvq,us6000nz6z, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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