A minor earthquake magnitude 3.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 73 km W of Gustavus, Alaska (45 miles). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 1 km (1 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -136.9797 West, latitude 58.3234 North, depth = 1 km. The temblor was reported at 19:40:07 / 7:40 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: us10004djc. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak12441973, us10004djc. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 07/01/16 / 2016-01-07 04:40:07 / January 7, 2016 @ 4:40 am.
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 four, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days seventeen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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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: 73 km W of Gustavus, Alaska.
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