A minor earthquake magnitude 3.1 (ml/mb) strikes 32 km SSE of Yakutat, Alaska (20 miles) on Thursday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -139.4172 West, latitude 59.2999 North, depth = 4.7 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 4.7 km (3 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 06/05/16 / 2016-05-06 04:52:52 / May 6, 2016 @ 4:52 am. The temblor was picked up at 20:52:52 / 8:52 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: ak13519984. Unique identifier: ak13519984.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days nineteen 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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