A minor earthquake magnitude 3.8 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 67 km NW of Sand Point, Alaska (42 miles). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 149.71 km (93 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, depth 149.71 km, -161.3074° West, 55.7318° North. The 3.8-magnitude earthquake was detected at 07:43:31 / 7:43 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 01/01/20 / 2020-01-01 16:43:31 / January 1, 2020 @ 4:43 pm. All ids that are associated to the event: ak0201xbkft, us70006xzw. Unique identifier: us70006xzw.
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days twenty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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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: 67 km NW of Sand Point, Alaska.
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