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Minor earthquake, 3.5 mag was detected near Adak in Alaska


Earthquake location 51.0919S, -176.1043WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 94 km SSE of Adak, Alaska (58 miles). Exact location of event, depth 35 km, -176.1043° West, 51.0919° North. The 3.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 00:18:46 / 12:18 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 35 km (22 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us7000nn4c. Unique identifier: us7000nn4c. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 06/10/24 / 2024-10-06 00:18:46 / October 6, 2024 @ 12:18 am.

In the past 24 hours, there have been nine, in the last 10 days twenty-four, in the past 30 days thirty and in the last 365 days fifty-eight 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. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.

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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: 94 km SSE of Adak, Alaska.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -176.1043° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 51.0919° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 35 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 94 km SSE 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 2024-10-06 00:18:46 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-10-29 23:48:57 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 188 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 7 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.871 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.45 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 231 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 us7000nn4c Id of event.
Event Code 7000nn4c An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000nn4c, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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