A minor earthquake with magnitude 3 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 65 km WSW of Nikolski, Alaska (40 miles). The temblor was detected at 22:23:51 / 10:23 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 15/07/20 / 2020-07-15 22:23:51 / July 15, 2020 @ 10:23 pm UTC/GMT. The epicenter was at a depth of 93.89 km (58 miles). Exact location of event, depth 93.89 km, -169.8146° West, 52.8032° North. All ids that are associated to the event: ak0209263y2v, us6000b6m1. Unique identifier: us6000b6m1.
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days one hundred and eighteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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