A minor earthquake with magnitude 3 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 93 km WSW of Noatak, Alaska (58 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 14/01/16 / 2016-01-14 15:11:37 / January 14, 2016 @ 3:11 pm. Unique identifier: ak12464087. Ids that are associated to the event: ak12464087. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -164.7951 West, latitude 67.1169 North, depth = 52.7 km. The temblor was detected at 04:11:37 / 4:11 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 52.7 km (33 miles).
There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. 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 one and in the last 365 days twelve earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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: 93 km WSW of Noatak, Alaska.
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