A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.2 (ml/mb) was reported 122 km ENE of Chirikof Island, Alaska (76 miles) on Friday. Exact location, longitude -153.9099° West, latitude 56.3752° North, depth = 7.1 km. All ids that are associated to the event: ak12282301. Unique identifier: ak12282301. The epicenter was at a depth of 7.1 km (4 miles). The 3.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 06:49:39 / 6:49 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 11/12/15 / 2015-12-11 15:49:39 / December 11, 2015 @ 3:49 pm.
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days thirty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. 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: 122 km ENE of Chirikof Island, Alaska.
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