A minor earthquake magnitude 3 (ml/mb) strikes 85 km E of Old Iliamna, Alaska (53 miles) on Friday. The epicenter was at a depth of 100 km (62 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 06/08/16 / 2016-08-06 04:48:28 / August 6, 2016 @ 4:48 am. Exact location of event, longitude -153.4225 West, latitude 59.6167 North, depth = 100 km. The temblor was picked up at 20:48:28 / 8:48 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: ak13832766. Unique identifier: ak13832766.
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 four, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days two hundred and fifty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 85 km E of Old Iliamna, Alaska. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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