A minor earthquake magnitude 3.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 41 km NNW of Circle Hot Springs Station, Alaska (25 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -145.001 West, latitude 65.8215 North, depth = 15.2 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 27/12/15 / 2015-12-27 05:00:03 / December 27, 2015 @ 5:00 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was detected at 20:00:03 / 8:00 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: ak12311899. Event ids that are associated: ak12311899. The epicenter was at a depth of 15.2 km (9 miles).
Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 41 km NNW of Circle Hot Springs Station, Alaska. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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