A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 68 km E of Eagle Village, Alaska (42 miles). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 29.6 km (18 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -139.6661 West, latitude 64.8244 North, depth = 29.6 km. The temblor was detected at 22:27:41 / 10:27 pm (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: ak13430154. Ids that are associated to the event: ak13430154. Global time and date of event 13/04/16 / 2016-04-13 05:27:41 / April 13, 2016 @ 5:27 am UTC/GMT.
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. 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 one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking 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: 68 km E of Eagle Village, Alaska.
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