A minor earthquake magnitude 3.8 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 93 km WSW of Healy, Alaska (58 miles). Unique identifier: ak13910104. Ids that are associated to the event: ak13910104. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 8 km (5 miles). The temblor was reported at 22:37:40 / 10:37 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -150.7939° West, latitude 63.6482° North, depth = 8 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 05/09/16 / 2016-09-05 06:37:40 / September 5, 2016 @ 6:37 am.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days seventy-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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. 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: 93 km WSW of Healy, Alaska.
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