A minor earthquake magnitude 3.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 76 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska (47 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -153.138 West, latitude 59.5995 North, depth = 122 km. Event id: ak13626101. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak13626101. The temblor was picked up at 09:37:30 / 9:37 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 02/06/16 / 2016-06-02 17:37:30 / June 2, 2016 @ 5:37 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 122 km (76 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days fourteen and in the last 365 days two hundred and fifty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 76 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska.
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