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Minor earthquake, 3.5 mag has occurred near Atka in Alaska


Earthquake location 53.4005S, -173.1773WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 150 km NNE of Atka, Alaska (93 miles). Global time and date of event 16/11/24 / 2024-11-16 06:30:12 / November 16, 2024 @ 6:30 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 250.4 km (156 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -173.1773 West, latitude 53.4005 North, depth = 250.4 km. The 3.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 06:30:12 / 6:30 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: ak024eqz9gs9. Unique identifier: ak024eqz9gs9.

There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days six 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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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 150 km NNE of Atka, Alaska. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -173.1773° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 53.4005° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 250.4 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 150 km NNE 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 2024-11-16 06:30:12 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-11-17 02:08:08 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 1 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 1.61 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 ak024eqz9gs9 Id of event.
Event Code 024eqz9gs9 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ak024eqz9gs9, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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