A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.7 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 145 km W of Cantwell, Alaska (90 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -151.8518 West, latitude 63.4467 North, depth = 3.9 km. The temblor was picked up at 19:52:13 / 7:52 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 31/07/15 / 2015-07-31 03:52:13 / July 31, 2015 @ 3:52 am. The epicenter was at a depth of 3.9 km (2 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: ak11665072. Unique identifier: ak11665072.
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days fourty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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: 145 km W of Cantwell, Alaska. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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