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Minor earthquake 3.5 mag, 73 km WNW of Nikolski, Alaska


Earthquake location 53.1617S, -169.8864WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.5 (ml/mb) strikes 73 km WNW of Nikolski, Alaska (45 miles) on Wednesday. The 3.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 20:24:19 / 8:24 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 30/10/24 / 2024-10-30 20:24:19 / October 30, 2024 @ 8:24 pm. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -169.8864 West, latitude 53.1617 North, depth = 180.5 km. Unique identifier: ak024dz3fdui. Ids that are associated to the event: ak024dz3fdui. The epicenter was at a depth of 180.5 km (112 miles).

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

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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. 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: 73 km WNW of Nikolski, Alaska.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -169.8864° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 53.1617° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 180.5 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 73 km WNW 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 2024-10-30 20:24:19 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-10-30 22:44:52 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 ak The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,ak, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.48 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 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 ak024dz3fdui Id of event.
Event Code 024dz3fdui An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ak024dz3fdui, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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