A minor earthquake magnitude 3.2 (ml/mb) strikes south of Alaska (0 miles) on Tuesday. Exact location, longitude -162.8079° West, latitude 53.5736° North, depth = 23.6 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 23.6 km (15 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was picked up at 16:14:52 / 4:14 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak15680992. Id of event: ak15680992. Exact time and date of earthquake 04/04/17 / 2017-04-04 16:14:52 / April 4, 2017 @ 4:14 pm UTC/GMT.
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days fifteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and fifty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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