A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.7 (ml/mb) was reported 15 km WSW of Unalaska, Alaska (9 miles) on Monday. The 3.7-magnitude earthquake was detected at 02:02:36 / 2:02 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -166.7674 West, latitude 53.8396 North, depth = 10 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us7000ae08. Unique identifier: us7000ae08. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 29/06/20 / 2020-06-29 02:02:36 / June 29, 2020 @ 2:02 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days sixteen and in the last 365 days ninety earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. 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. 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: 15 km WSW of Unalaska, Alaska.
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