A minor earthquake magnitude 3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 40 km WSW of Sand Point, Alaska (25 miles). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 69.3 km (43 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -161.0834 West, latitude 55.1861 North, depth = 69.3 km. The temblor was reported at 18:34:40 / 6:34 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 08/12/16 / 2016-12-08 03:34:40 / December 8, 2016 @ 3:34 am. Unique identifier: ak14676764. Ids that are associated to the event: ak14676764.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days eighty-eight 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. 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. 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: 40 km WSW of Sand Point, Alaska.
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