A minor earthquake magnitude 3.9 (ml/mb) strikes 88 km WSW of Chernabura Island, Alaska (55 miles) on Thursday. The 3.9-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 03:20:29 / 3:20 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -160.7995 West, latitude 54.4545 North, depth = 13.61 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak19966480, us2000gc5n. Id of event: us2000gc5n. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 19/07/18 / 2018-07-19 14:20:29 / July 19, 2018 @ 2:20 pm. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 13.61 km (8 miles).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-eight, in the last 10 days twenty-nine, in the past 30 days thirty-five and in the last 365 days one hundred and nineteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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 information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 88 km WSW of Chernabura Island, Alaska.
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