A minor earthquake magnitude 3.2 (ml/mb) strikes 63 km ENE of McGrath, Alaska (39 miles) on Saturday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 67.5 km (42 miles). Unique identifier: ak12813560. Ids that are associated to the event: ak12813560. Global time and date of event 14/02/16 / 2016-02-14 08:46:07 / February 14, 2016 @ 8:46 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, longitude -154.3784 West, latitude 63.0795 North, depth = 67.5 km. The temblor was reported at 23:46:07 / 11:46 pm (local time epicenter).
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 eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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. 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: 63 km ENE of McGrath, Alaska.
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