A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.8 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 106 km SE of Yunaska Island, Alaska (66 miles). The temblor was reported at 11:19:57 / 11:19 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -169.5263° West, latitude 51.9994° North, depth = 25.07 km. All ids that are associated to the event: ak11667237, us10002xl4. Unique identifier: us10002xl4. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 01/08/15 / 2015-08-01 22:19:57 / August 1, 2015 @ 10:19 pm. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 25.07 km (16 miles).
In the past 24 hours, there have been fifty-four, in the last 10 days two hundred and twenty-one, in the past 30 days two hundred and twenty-nine and in the last 365 days three hundred and eleven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every 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: 106 km SE of Yunaska Island, Alaska.
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