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Minor earthquake 3.9 mag, 42 km NNW of Attu Station, Alaska


Earthquake location 53.1692S, 172.8614WA minor earthquake with magnitude 3.9 (ml/mb) was reported 42 km NNW of Attu Station, Alaska (26 miles) on Wednesday. Exact location of event, longitude 172.8614 East, latitude 53.1692 North, depth = 10 km. The 3.9-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 03:40:52 / 3:40 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us6000nz3e. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000nz3e. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 25/09/24 / 2024-09-25 03:40:52 / September 25, 2024 @ 3:40 am.

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

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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: 42 km NNW of Attu Station, Alaska.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.9 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 172.8614° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 53.1692° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 42 km NNW of Attu Station, Alaska Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-09-25 03:40:52 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-10-21 02:56:02 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 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 ,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 15 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.869 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.44 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 283 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 us6000nz3e Id of event.
Event Code 6000nz3e An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000nz3e, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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