A minor earthquake magnitude 3 (ml/mb) strikes 82 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska (51 miles) on Monday. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 08/03/16 / 2016-03-08 07:04:12 / March 8, 2016 @ 7:04 am. The epicenter was at a depth of 107.5 km (67 miles). The 3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 22:04:12 / 10:04 pm (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: ak12959155. Ids that are associated to the event: ak12959155. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -153.2918 West, latitude 59.6896 North, depth = 107.5 km.
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days thirty-one and in the last 365 days two hundred and thirty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage 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: 82 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska.
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