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Minor earthquake, 3.9 mag strikes near Hannans in Australia


Earthquake location -30.5679S, 121.6173WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.9 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 22 kilometers (14 miles) from Hannans in Australia. Event id: us7000nxbk. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000nxbk. The temblor was picked up at 05:22:50 / 5:22 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 09/12/24 / 2024-12-09 05:22:50 / December 9, 2024 @ 5:22 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, longitude 121.6173 East, latitude -30.5679 South, depth = 10 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface.

Country/countries that might be effected, Australia (c. 21 516 000 pop). The epicenter was 24 km (15 miles) from Kalgoorlie (c. 31 100 pop), 27 km (17 miles) from Boulder (c. 5 200 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Boulder, Kalgoorlie.

Every 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 one and in the last 365 days one 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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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. 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: 22 km NE of Hannans, Australia.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.9 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 121.6173° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -30.5679° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 22 km NE of Hannans, Australia 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 05:22:50 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-12-09 16:23:49 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 1 The total number of felt reports
CDI 3.4 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 13 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 4.409 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.73 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 132 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 us7000nxbk Id of event.
Event Code 7000nxbk An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000nxbk, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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