A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.8 (ml/mb) was reported 214 km SE of Akutan, Alaska (133 miles) on Sunday. Exact time and date of earthquake 11/01/16 / 2016-01-11 02:49:34 / January 11, 2016 @ 2:49 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was picked up at 15:49:34 / 3:49 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -163.9702° West, latitude 52.5349° North, depth = 35.01 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak12455569, us10004dvp. Id of event: us10004dvp. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 35.01 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days fifty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year.
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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: 214 km SE of Akutan, Alaska. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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