A minor earthquake magnitude 3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 95 km NE of Unalakleet, Alaska (59 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 12/04/19 / 2019-04-12 04:21:47 / April 12, 2019 @ 4:21 am. Exact location of earthquake, -159.5215° West, 64.5332° North, depth 4.1 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 4.1 km (3 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was picked up at 19:21:47 / 7:21 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak0194orbqim. Id of event: ak0194orbqim.
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each 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 one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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: 95 km NE of Unalakleet, Alaska.
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