A minor earthquake magnitude 3.6 (ml/mb) strikes 210 km NNW of Atka, Alaska (130 miles) on Wednesday. Event id: ak15645941. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak15645941. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -175.4676 West, latitude 53.9281 North, depth = 59.3 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 29/03/17 / 2017-03-29 20:40:33 / March 29, 2017 @ 8:40 pm. The epicenter was at a depth of 59.3 km (37 miles). The temblor was detected at 08:40:33 / 8:40 am (local time epicenter).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. 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 five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 210 km NNW of Atka, Alaska.
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