A minor earthquake magnitude 3.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 32 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska (20 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 08/08/20 / 2020-08-08 22:54:20 / August 8, 2020 @ 10:54 pm. The temblor was reported at 22:54:20 / 10:54 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -153.5254 West, latitude 59.8227 North, depth = 135.3 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: at00qeroyl, us6000bb8i, ak020a5v6uly. Id of event: ak020a5v6uly. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 135.3 km (84 miles).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days seventy-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 32 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska.
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