A minor earthquake with magnitude 3 (ml/mb) was reported 58 km ENE of Adak, Alaska (36 miles) on Thursday. The epicenter was at a depth of 149.21 km (93 miles). Global time and date of event 29/09/16 / 2016-09-29 23:42:48 / September 29, 2016 @ 11:42 pm UTC/GMT. Event id: us20007chm. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak14104030, us20007chm. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -175.8806 West, latitude 52.0844 North, depth = 149.21 km. The temblor was reported at 14:42:48 / 2:42 pm (local time epicenter).
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days eleven and in the last 365 days one hundred and eighteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 58 km ENE of Adak, Alaska.
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