Minor earthquake: M3.9 quake has struck near Adak in Alaska

A minor earthquake magnitude 3.9 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 139 km WSW of Adak, Alaska (86 miles). Exact location of earthquake, -178.4616° West, 51.3526° North, depth 53.682 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak024fulnf34, us7000nxht. Id of event: us7000nxht. The temblor was picked up at 02:08:49 / 2:08 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 10/12/24 / 2024-12-10 02:08:49 / December 10, 2024 @ 2:08 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 53.682 km (33 miles).

In the past 24 hours, there have been thirty-two, in the last 10 days sixty, in the past 30 days sixty-three and in the last 365 days one hundred and thirty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred 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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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 139 km WSW of Adak, Alaska. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	3.9 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-178.4616° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	51.3526° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	53.682 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	139 km WSW 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	2024-12-10 02:08:49	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-12-10 04:47:35	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	2.809	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	,ak,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	0.298	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.31 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	201	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	us7000nxht	Id of event.
Event Code	7000nxht	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,ak024fulnf34,us7000nxht,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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