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Minor earthquake 3.3 mag, 117 km SSW of Adak, Alaska


Earthquake location 50.8878S, -177.2326WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 117 km SSW of Adak, Alaska (73 miles). Unique identifier: ak024ft1c1jj. Ids that are associated to the event: ak024ft1c1jj. The epicenter was at a depth of 12 km (7 miles). The temblor was reported at 07:49:57 / 7:49 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -177.2326 West, latitude 50.8878 North, depth = 12 km. Global time and date of event 09/12/24 / 2024-12-09 07:49:57 / December 9, 2024 @ 7:49 am UTC/GMT.

Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one hundred and thirty, in the last 10 days one hundred and thirty, in the past 30 days one hundred and thirty-four and in the last 365 days two hundred and eighteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -177.2326° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 50.8878° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 12 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 117 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 07:49:57 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-12-13 21:57:09 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 168 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 0.42 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 ak024ft1c1jj Id of event.
Event Code 024ft1c1jj An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ak024ft1c1jj, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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