A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 110 km NNE of Chignik Lake, Alaska (68 miles). The temblor was detected at 19:09:42 / 7:09 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: ak13432766. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak13432766. The epicenter was at a depth of 9.9 km (6 miles). Exact location of earthquake, -158.1204° West, 57.184° North, depth 9.9 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 07/04/16 / 2016-04-07 03:09:42 / April 7, 2016 @ 3:09 am.
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been six, in the last 10 days sixty-four, in the past 30 days sixty-five and in the last 365 days ninety-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes 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: 110 km NNE of Chignik Lake, Alaska.
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