A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 36 km WNW of Chirikof Island, Alaska (22 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: ak11639884. Unique identifier: ak11639884. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 41.2 km (26 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, -156.1441° West, 55.9723° North, depth 41.2 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 02/07/15 / 2015-07-02 15:06:46 / July 2, 2015 @ 3:06 pm. The temblor was detected at 05:06:46 / 5:06 am (local time epicenter).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes 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 eight and in the last 365 days fourty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 36 km WNW of Chirikof Island, Alaska. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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