A minor earthquake magnitude 3.1 (ml/mb) strikes 49 km ENE of Amatignak Island, Alaska (30 miles) on Friday. Exact location of earthquake, -178.4363° West, 51.3937° North, depth 26.9 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 26.9 km (17 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak13743935. Id of event: ak13743935. Global time and date of event 08/07/16 / 2016-07-08 17:07:18 / July 8, 2016 @ 5:07 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was detected at 08:07:18 / 8:07 am (local time epicenter).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days thirteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 49 km ENE of Amatignak Island, Alaska. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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