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Minor earthquake, 3.4 mag was detected near King Cove in Alaska


Earthquake location 54.8538S, -162.061WA minor earthquake with magnitude 3.4 (ml/mb) was reported 28 km SE of King Cove, Alaska (17 miles) on Thursday. Exact location of earthquake, -162.061° West, 54.8538° North, depth 84.823 km. Event id: us6000p6p2. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak024ez6hbcu, us6000p6p2. The 3.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 02:15:43 / 2:15 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 84.823 km (53 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of earthquake 21/11/24 / 2024-11-21 02:15:43 / November 21, 2024 @ 2:15 am UTC/GMT.

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 one, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days twenty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world.

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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: 28 km SE of King Cove, Alaska. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -162.061° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 54.8538° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 84.823 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 28 km SE of King Cove, Alaska Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-11-21 02:15:43 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-11-21 02:30:18 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 178 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 30 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.784 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.8 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 183 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 us6000p6p2 Id of event.
Event Code 6000p6p2 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ak024ez6hbcu,us6000p6p2, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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