A minor earthquake magnitude 3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 101 km S of Atka, Alaska (63 miles). Event id: us20005cw0. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak13016294, us20005cw0. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 23.47 km (15 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 20/03/16 / 2016-03-20 11:03:20 / March 20, 2016 @ 11:03 am. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -174.0289 West, latitude 51.2919 North, depth = 23.47 km. The 3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 23:03:20 / 11:03 pm (local time epicenter).
In the past 24 hours, there have been eighteen, in the last 10 days eighty-five, in the past 30 days ninety and in the last 365 days three hundred and fourty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 101 km S of Atka, Alaska. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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