A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 91 km SE of Cold Bay, Alaska (57 miles). Id of earthquake: us10005cyr. Event ids that are associated: ak13492129, us10005cyr. Exact time and date of earthquake 24/04/16 / 2016-04-24 04:49:31 / April 24, 2016 @ 4:49 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The temblor was detected at 17:49:31 / 5:49 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -161.5878 West, latitude 54.6875 North, depth = 10 km.
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days thirteen and in the last 365 days eighty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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: 91 km SE of Cold Bay, Alaska.
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