A minor earthquake magnitude 3.6 (ml/mb) strikes 84 km SE of Akutan, Alaska (52 miles) on Tuesday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 30.37 km (19 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 3.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 07:32:28 / 7:32 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -164.8407 West, latitude 53.6074 North, depth = 30.37 km. Unique identifier: us70009akd. Ids that are associated to the event: us70009akd. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 05/05/20 / 2020-05-05 18:32:28 / May 5, 2020 @ 6:32 pm.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days one hundred and twelve earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 84 km SE of Akutan, Alaska. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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