Minor earthquake, 3.4 mag was detected near Adak in Alaska

A minor earthquake magnitude 3.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 73 km NW of Adak, Alaska (45 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -177.4842 West, latitude 52.2831 North, depth = 238.557 km. All ids that are associated to the event: ak0255gzpfvf, us7000pwvv. Unique identifier: us7000pwvv. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 238.557 km (148 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 29/04/25 / 2025-04-29 11:34:36 / April 29, 2025 @ 11:34 am. The 3.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 11:34:36 / 11:34 am (local time epicenter).

Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been eight, in the last 10 days eleven, in the past 30 days eighteen and in the last 365 days eighty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 73 km NW of Adak, Alaska.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	3.4 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-177.4842° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	52.2831° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	238.557 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	73 km NW of Adak, Alaska	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2025-04-29 11:34:36	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-05-22 04:35:39	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	26	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.449	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	164	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	us7000pwvv	Id of event.
Event Code	7000pwvv	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,ak0255gzpfvf,us7000pwvv,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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