A minor earthquake magnitude 3.3 (ml/mb) strikes Gulf of Alaska (0 miles) on Thursday. The temblor was detected at 16:47:20 / 4:47 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 3.6 km (2 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: ak02012b6350. Unique identifier: ak02012b6350. Exact location of event, longitude -149.3998 West, latitude 55.9346 North, depth = 3.6 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 23/01/20 / 2020-01-23 16:47:20 / January 23, 2020 @ 4:47 pm.
There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days twenty-eight and in the last 365 days three hundred and eighty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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: Gulf of Alaska.
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