A minor earthquake magnitude 3.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 71 km SW of Nikolski, Alaska (44 miles). Exact location, longitude -169.6232° West, latitude 52.4821° North, depth = 5 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak0204toalas. Id of event: ak0204toalas. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 5 km (3 miles). The temblor was detected at 14:45:33 / 2:45 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 14/04/20 / 2020-04-14 01:45:33 / April 14, 2020 @ 1:45 am.
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 six and in the last 365 days one hundred and six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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: 71 km SW of Nikolski, Alaska.
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