A minor earthquake magnitude 3.8 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 92 km W of Gustavus, Alaska (57 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak14168355. Id of event: ak14168355. The 3.8-magnitude earthquake was detected at 00:02:26 / 12:02 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 04/10/16 / 2016-10-04 08:02:26 / October 4, 2016 @ 8:02 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 7.7 km (5 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -137.3138 West, latitude 58.4024 North, depth = 7.7 km.
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 one, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days fifteen 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.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity 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: 92 km W of Gustavus, Alaska. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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