A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 90 km S of Nikolski, Alaska (56 miles). The epicenter was at a depth of 38.5 km (24 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -168.6426 West, latitude 52.1365 North, depth = 38.5 km. Event id: us20005fhd. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak13071839, us20005fhd. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 25/03/16 / 2016-03-25 05:05:47 / March 25, 2016 @ 5:05 am. The 3.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 18:05:47 / 6:05 pm (local time epicenter).
In the past 24 hours, there have been thirty-four, in the last 10 days thirty-seven, in the past 30 days fourty-three and in the last 365 days four hundred and two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year.
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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: 90 km S of Nikolski, Alaska.
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