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Minor earthquake 3.5 mag, 25 km E of Skwentna, Alaska


Earthquake location 62.0084S, -150.906WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.5 (ml/mb) strikes 25 kilometers (16 miles) from Skwentna in Alaska on Saturday. The 3.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 04:11:12 / 4:11 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -150.906° West, latitude 62.0084° North, depth = 63.7 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 30/11/24 / 2024-11-30 04:11:12 / November 30, 2024 @ 4:11 am. Id of earthquake: ak024fe3hdpg. Event ids that are associated: ak024fe3hdpg. The epicenter was at a depth of 63.7 km (40 miles).

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Meadow Lakes (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 81 km (50 miles) from Meadow Lakes (c. 7 600 pop).

Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. 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 thirty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 25 km E of Skwentna, Alaska. This information 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 -150.906° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 62.0084° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 63.7 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 25 km E of Skwentna, Alaska Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-11-30 04:11:12 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-11-30 04:12:52 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 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 0.58 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 ak024fe3hdpg Id of event.
Event Code 024fe3hdpg An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ak024fe3hdpg, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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