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Minor earthquake 3.9 mag, 137 km E of Atka, Alaska


Earthquake location 52.2729S, -172.1856WA minor earthquake with magnitude 3.9 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 137 km E of Atka, Alaska (85 miles). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 17.355 km (11 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location, longitude -172.1856° West, latitude 52.2729° North, depth = 17.355 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak024dyt5wy7, us7000np2j. Id of event: us7000np2j. The 3.9-magnitude earthquake was detected at 03:00:50 / 3:00 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 30/10/24 / 2024-10-30 03:00:50 / October 30, 2024 @ 3:00 am.

In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days eleven and in the last 365 days sixty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred 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: 137 km E of Atka, Alaska.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.9 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -172.1856° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 52.2729° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 17.355 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 137 km E of Atka, 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 03:00:50 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-10-31 03:10:08 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 2.3 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 ,ak,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 29 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.147 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.46 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 192 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 us7000np2j Id of event.
Event Code 7000np2j An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ak024dyt5wy7,us7000np2j, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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