A minor earthquake magnitude 3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 179 km SW of Amatignak Island, Alaska (111 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 09/09/15 / 2015-09-09 05:21:04 / September 9, 2015 @ 5:21 am. Exact location of event, longitude 178.8292 East, latitude 50.3208 North, depth = 35.7 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 35.7 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 17:21:04 / 5:21 pm (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: ak11704988. Ids that are associated to the event: ak11704988.
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days fourty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 179 km SW of Amatignak Island, Alaska. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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