A minor earthquake magnitude 3.7 (ml/mb) strikes 138 km ENE of McGrath, Alaska (86 miles) on Thursday. The epicenter was at a depth of 12.8 km (8 miles). The temblor was picked up at 06:17:56 / 6:17 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 12/12/19 / 2019-12-12 15:17:56 / December 12, 2019 @ 3:17 pm UTC/GMT. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak019fwgzcgj. Id of event: ak019fwgzcgj. Exact location of event, longitude -152.9822 West, latitude 63.328 North, depth = 12.8 km.
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days thirteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 138 km ENE of McGrath, Alaska.
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