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Minor earthquake 3.2 mag, 44 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska


Earthquake location 60.1553S, -152.4346WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.2 (ml/mb) strikes 44 kilometers (27 miles) from Ninilchik in Alaska on Sunday. The 3.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 15:42:33 / 3:42 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak024ess8bru. Id of event: ak024ess8bru. Exact location of event, longitude -152.4346 West, latitude 60.1553 North, depth = 86.4 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 17/11/24 / 2024-11-17 15:42:33 / November 17, 2024 @ 3:42 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 86.4 km (54 miles) below the earth’s surface.

Earthquake epicenter was 70 km (43 miles) from Kalifornsky (c. 7 900 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Kenai (c. 7 100 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Homer (c. 5 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Kenai, Homer, Kalifornsky (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).

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 two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days thirty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 44 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -152.4346° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 60.1553° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 86.4 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 44 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-11-17 15:42:33 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-11-17 15:43:46 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 automatic 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 158 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 0.19 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 ak024ess8bru Id of event.
Event Code 024ess8bru An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ak024ess8bru, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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