A minor earthquake magnitude 3 (ml/mb) strikes 96 km SW of Atka, Alaska (60 miles) on Wednesday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 35 km (22 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -175.2367 West, latitude 51.607 North, depth = 35 km. The temblor was reported at 10:04:57 / 10:04 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us2000jkvf. Unique identifier: us2000jkvf. Exact time and date of earthquake 20/02/19 / 2019-02-20 22:04:57 / February 20, 2019 @ 10:04 pm UTC/GMT.
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days twelve and in the last 365 days one hundred and fourty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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