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Minor earthquake 3.9 mag, 131 km SSW of Adak, Alaska


Earthquake location 50.826S, -177.4915WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.9 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 131 km SSW of Adak, Alaska (81 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -177.4915 West, latitude 50.826 North, depth = 13.678 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 13.678 km (8 miles). Event id: us7000nx7r. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000nx7r. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 09/12/24 / 2024-12-09 03:56:08 / December 9, 2024 @ 3:56 am. The temblor was reported at 03:56:08 / 3:56 am (local time epicenter).

In the past 24 hours, there have been thirty-seven, in the last 10 days thirty-seven, in the past 30 days fourty-two and in the last 365 days one hundred and twenty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 131 km SSW of Adak, Alaska.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.9 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -177.4915° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 50.826° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 13.678 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 131 km SSW of Adak, Alaska Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-12-09 03:56:08 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-12-09 04:40:08 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 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 ,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 1.05 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.51 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 204 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 us7000nx7r Id of event.
Event Code 7000nx7r An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000nx7r, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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