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Minor earthquake: M3.3 quake has struck near Sand Point in Alaska


Earthquake location 55.0775S, -160.584WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 29 km S of Sand Point, Alaska (18 miles). Id of earthquake: us7000nnh3. Event ids that are associated: us7000nnh3. Exact location of earthquake, -160.584° West, 55.0775° North, depth 10 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 27/10/24 / 2024-10-27 12:13:36 / October 27, 2024 @ 12:13 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The 3.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 12:13:36 / 12:13 pm (local time epicenter).

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

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 29 km S of Sand Point, Alaska.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -160.584° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 55.0775° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 29 km S 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 2024-10-27 12:13:36 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-10-28 11:16:58 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 168 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 37 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.279 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 197 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 us7000nnh3 Id of event.
Event Code 7000nnh3 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000nnh3, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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