Minor earthquake 3.2 mag, 9 km N of Willow, Alaska

A minor earthquake magnitude 3.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 9 kilometers (6 miles) from Willow in Alaska. Exact location of earthquake, -150.0312° West, 61.8346° North, depth 43.1 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 17/01/25 / 2025-01-17 01:09:30 / January 17, 2025 @ 1:09 am. The epicenter was at a depth of 43.1 km (27 miles). Id of earthquake: ak025s4sbq1. Event ids that are associated: us6000pkjp, ak025s4sbq1. The temblor was detected at 01:09:30 / 1:09 am (local time epicenter).

Epicenter of the event was 69 km (43 miles) from Anchorage (c. 291 800 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from Eagle River (c. 24 800 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Knik-Fairview (c. 14 900 pop), 46 km (28 miles) from Lakes (c. 8 400 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from Tanaina (c. 8 200 pop). Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Anchorage, Elmendorf Air Force Base, Eagle River.

In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days fourty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 9 km N of Willow, Alaska. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	3.2 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-150.0312° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	61.8346° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	43.1 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	9 km N of Willow, Alaska	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2025-01-17 01:09:30	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-01-17 17:22:59	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset		Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	5	The total number of felt reports
CDI	3.8	The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI	2.74	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	159	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	,us,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	0.6 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	ak025s4sbq1	Id of event.
Event Code	025s4sbq1	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us6000pkjp,ak025s4sbq1,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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