A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 88 km ESE of Yunaska Island, Alaska (55 miles). Id of earthquake: us20006egx. Event ids that are associated: ak13756055, us20006egx. The 3.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 12:09:28 / 12:09 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -169.5658 West, latitude 52.2363 North, depth = 20.74 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 08/07/16 / 2016-07-08 23:09:28 / July 8, 2016 @ 11:09 pm. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 20.74 km (13 miles).
In the past 24 hours, there have been eight, in the last 10 days nine, in the past 30 days twenty-nine and in the last 365 days four hundred and fifty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 88 km ESE of Yunaska Island, Alaska. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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