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Minor earthquake 3.6 mag, 110 km S of McCarthy, Alaska


Earthquake location 60.4522S, -143.2178WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.6 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 110 km S of McCarthy, Alaska (68 miles). The 3.6-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 04:52:27 / 4:52 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -143.2178 West, latitude 60.4522 North, depth = 17.5 km. Unique identifier: ak024gl3p81j. Ids that are associated to the event: ak024gl3p81j. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 17.5 km (11 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 26/12/24 / 2024-12-26 04:52:27 / December 26, 2024 @ 4:52 am.

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. 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 four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.

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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: 110 km S of McCarthy, Alaska.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.6 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -143.2178° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 60.4522° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 17.5 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 110 km S of McCarthy, Alaska Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-12-26 04:52:27 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-12-26 04:54:11 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 199 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 0.36 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 ak024gl3p81j Id of event.
Event Code 024gl3p81j An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ak024gl3p81j, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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