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Minor earthquake: M3.4 quake has struck near Nikolski in Alaska


Earthquake location 52.9652S, -168.9984WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.4 (ml/mb) strikes 9 km WNW of Nikolski, Alaska (6 miles) on Monday. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 13/01/25 / 2025-01-13 10:00:37 / January 13, 2025 @ 10:00 am. The temblor was picked up at 10:00:37 / 10:00 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -168.9984 West, latitude 52.9652 North, depth = 100.901 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 100.901 km (63 miles) below the earth’s surface. All ids that are associated to the event: ak025lnxxfa, us7000pbrb. Unique identifier: us7000pbrb.

In the past 24 hours, there have been nine, in the last 10 days eleven, in the past 30 days twenty-six and in the last 365 days ninety-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. 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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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 9 km WNW of Nikolski, Alaska.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -168.9984° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 52.9652° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 100.901 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 9 km WNW of Nikolski, Alaska Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-01-13 10:00:37 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-02-06 07:51:38 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 178 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 18 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.087 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.46 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 162 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 us7000pbrb Id of event.
Event Code 7000pbrb An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ak025lnxxfa,us7000pbrb, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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