A minor earthquake magnitude 3.9 (ml/mb) strikes 78 km ESE of Old Iliamna, Alaska (48 miles) on Saturday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -153.7441 West, latitude 59.3787 North, depth = 119.5 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 119.5 km (74 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event id: ak15255978. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak15255978. The 3.9-magnitude earthquake was detected at 16:35:24 / 4:35 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 12/02/17 / 2017-02-12 01:35:24 / February 12, 2017 @ 1:35 am.
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days one hundred and fourty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 78 km ESE of Old Iliamna, Alaska. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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