A minor earthquake magnitude 3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, Southeastern Alaska (0 miles). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 0 km (0 miles) below the earth’s surface. All ids that are associated to the event: ak16033049. Unique identifier: ak16033049. Exact location, longitude -136.5576° West, latitude 59.8085° North, depth = 0 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 14/05/17 / 2017-05-14 19:16:00 / May 14, 2017 @ 7:16 pm. The temblor was detected at 19:16:00 / 7:16 pm (local time epicenter).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days twenty-five, in the past 30 days one hundred and thirty-four and in the last 365 days one hundred and fourty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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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: Southeastern Alaska.
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