A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.9 (ml/mb) was reported 56 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska (35 miles) on Sunday. The epicenter was at a depth of 91.53 km (57 miles). Exact location, longitude -164.9697° West, latitude 53.9572° North, depth = 91.53 km. All ids that are associated to the event: ak12039924, us100041bj. Unique identifier: us100041bj. The temblor was picked up at 17:33:00 / 5:33 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 23/11/15 / 2015-11-23 02:33:00 / November 23, 2015 @ 2:33 am.
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days ninety-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 56 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska.
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