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Minor earthquake, 3.3 mag was detected near Cordova in Alaska


Earthquake location 60.0269S, -146.2638WA minor earthquake with magnitude 3.3 (ml/mb) was reported 63 km SSW of Cordova, Alaska (39 miles) on Monday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 7.8 km (5 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: ak024bmotrix. Unique identifier: ak024bmotrix. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -146.2638 West, latitude 60.0269 North, depth = 7.8 km. The temblor was detected at 16:55:41 / 4:55 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 09/09/24 / 2024-09-09 16:55:41 / September 9, 2024 @ 4:55 pm UTC/GMT.

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

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity 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: 63 km SSW of Cordova, Alaska. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -146.2638° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 60.0269° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 7.8 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 63 km SSW of Cordova, Alaska Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-09-09 16:55:41 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-09-09 22:25:04 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 0.98 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 ak024bmotrix Id of event.
Event Code 024bmotrix An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ak024bmotrix, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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