A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.9 (ml/mb) was reported 87 km W of Willow, Alaska (54 miles) on Monday. Event id: ak13799200. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak13799200. Exact time and date of earthquake 26/07/16 / 2016-07-26 01:26:06 / July 26, 2016 @ 1:26 am UTC/GMT. Exact location, longitude -151.686° West, latitude 61.8232° North, depth = 102.8 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 102.8 km (64 miles). The 3.9-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 17:26:06 / 5:26 pm (local time epicenter).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 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 one, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days sixty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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. 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: 87 km W of Willow, Alaska.
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