A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 21 km SW of Atka, Alaska (13 miles). Event id: ak0195qqdgpx. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak0195qqdgpx. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 81.8 km (51 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 05/05/19 / 2019-05-05 00:33:02 / May 5, 2019 @ 12:33 am. The temblor was picked up at 14:33:02 / 2:33 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -174.4562 West, latitude 52.0786 North, depth = 81.8 km.
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days one hundred and twenty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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. 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: 21 km SW of Atka, Alaska.
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