Minor earthquake 3.9 mag, 72 km S of Nikolski, Alaska

A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.9 (ml/mb) was reported 72 km S of Nikolski, Alaska (45 miles) on Saturday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -168.7218 West, latitude 52.2948 North, depth = 37.035 km. The 3.9-magnitude earthquake was detected at 05:31:49 / 5:31 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 37.035 km (23 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000pc5d. Id of event: us7000pc5d. Global time and date of event 01/02/25 / 2025-02-01 05:31:49 / February 1, 2025 @ 5:31 am UTC/GMT.

In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days fourteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 72 km S of Nikolski, 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	-168.7218° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	52.2948° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	37.035 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	72 km S 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	2025-02-01 05:31:49	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-02-08 11:43:10	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	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	,us,	A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used	74	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.683	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.86 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	178	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	us7000pc5d	Id of event.
Event Code	7000pc5d	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us7000pc5d,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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