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Minor earthquake 3.7 mag, 69 km SSE of Adak, Alaska


Earthquake location 51.2895S, -176.2977WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.7 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 69 km SSE of Adak, Alaska (43 miles). The temblor was reported at 06:02:55 / 6:02 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -176.2977° West, 51.2895° North, depth 41.018 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 06/10/24 / 2024-10-06 06:02:55 / October 6, 2024 @ 6:02 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 41.018 km (25 miles). Unique identifier: us7000nn4e. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000nn4e.

Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been ten, in the last 10 days twenty-five, in the past 30 days thirty-one and in the last 365 days seventy-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 69 km SSE of Adak, Alaska. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.7 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -176.2977° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 51.2895° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 41.018 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 69 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 06:02:55 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-10-30 08:11:55 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 211 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 24 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.641 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.08 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 194 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 us7000nn4e Id of event.
Event Code 7000nn4e An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000nn4e, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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