A minor earthquake magnitude 3.2 (ml/mb) strikes 150 km SSW of Chirikof Island, Alaska (93 miles) on Wednesday. Global time and date of event 21/10/15 / 2015-10-21 13:17:25 / October 21, 2015 @ 1:17 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, -156.7068° West, 54.6276° North, depth 32.92 km. The temblor was picked up at 03:17:25 / 3:17 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us2000401n. Ids that are associated to the event: ak11756054, us2000401n. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 32.92 km (20 miles).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 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 three and in the last 365 days eleven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world.
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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. 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: 150 km SSW of Chirikof Island, Alaska.
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