A minor earthquake magnitude 3.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 3 km SW of Circle Hot Springs Station, Alaska (2 miles). Id of earthquake: ak14006842. Event ids that are associated: ak14006842. Exact location, longitude -144.7305° West, latitude 65.4481° North, depth = 5.1 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 5.1 km (3 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 21/09/16 / 2016-09-21 01:01:28 / September 21, 2016 @ 1:01 am. The temblor was picked up at 17:01:28 / 5:01 pm (local time epicenter).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. 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 eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 3 km SW of Circle Hot Springs Station, Alaska.
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