A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 85 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska (53 miles). Id of earthquake: ak019a5ueeaz. Event ids that are associated: ak019a5ueeaz. Exact location, longitude -165.2303° West, latitude 53.4372° North, depth = 25.6 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 25.6 km (16 miles). Global time and date of event 09/08/19 / 2019-08-09 21:21:41 / August 9, 2019 @ 9:21 pm UTC/GMT. The 3.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 10:21:41 / 10:21 am (local time epicenter).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days one hundred and one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. 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.
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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: 85 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska.
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