A minor earthquake magnitude 3.9 (ml/mb) strikes 84 km SSW of Nikolski, Alaska (52 miles) on Wednesday. Unique identifier: us10002y3f. Ids that are associated to the event: us10002y3f, ak11669733. The epicenter was at a depth of 28.1 km (17 miles). Global time and date of event 05/08/15 / 2015-08-05 12:40:24 / August 5, 2015 @ 12:40 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was picked up at 01:40:24 / 1:40 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -169.1651 West, latitude 52.2034 North, depth = 28.1 km.
There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes 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 thirty-eight, 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 twelve earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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. 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: 84 km SSW of Nikolski, Alaska.
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