A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.7 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 34 km WSW of North Nenana, Alaska (21 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: ak11759454. Unique identifier: ak11759454. Exact time and date of earthquake 31/10/15 / 2015-10-31 02:56:21 / October 31, 2015 @ 2:56 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was picked up at 18:56:21 / 6:56 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -149.7732 West, latitude 64.4649 North, depth = 30.2 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 30.2 km (19 miles).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days twenty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 34 km WSW of North Nenana, Alaska. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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