A minor earthquake magnitude 3.7 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 79 km NW of Larsen Bay, Alaska (49 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 04/08/16 / 2016-08-04 12:00:00 / August 4, 2016 @ 12:00 pm. Id of earthquake: ak13829911. Event ids that are associated: ak13829911. Exact location of earthquake, -155.0746° West, 57.9478° North, depth 100 km. The temblor was detected at 04:00:00 / 4:00 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 100 km (62 miles).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days fourty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year.
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