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Minor earthquake, 3.4 mag was detected near Nanwalek in Alaska

Posted by admin on May 23, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location 59.3667S, -152.5646WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.4 (ml/mb) strikes 36 kilometers (22 miles) from Nanwalek in Alaska on Friday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -152.5646 West, latitude 59.3667 North, depth = 86.6 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 86.6 km (54 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 23/05/25 / 2025-05-23 07:21:58 / May 23, 2025 @ 7:21 am UTC/GMT. All ids that are associated to the event: ak0256km5acc. Unique identifier: ak0256km5acc. The temblor was detected at 07:21:58 / 7:21 am (local time epicenter).

Nearby 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 Homer. Epicenter of the earthquake was 65 km (40 miles) from Homer (c. 5 000 pop).

Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days fifty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 36 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -152.5646° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 59.3667° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 86.6 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 36 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-05-23 07:21:58 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-05-23 07:26:02 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 1 The total number of felt reports
CDI 2 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 automatic 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 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 0.34 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 ak0256km5acc Id of event.
Event Code 0256km5acc An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ak0256km5acc, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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