A minor earthquake magnitude 3.7 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 60 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska (37 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak13496539, us10005du4. Id of event: us10005du4. Exact time and date of earthquake 26/04/16 / 2016-04-26 14:04:22 / April 26, 2016 @ 2:04 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -161.1315 West, latitude 54.9352 North, depth = 79.4 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 79.4 km (49 miles). The 3.7-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 06:04:22 / 6:04 am (local time epicenter).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days thirteen and in the last 365 days eighty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. 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: 60 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska.
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