A minor earthquake magnitude 3.7 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 16 km WNW of Amatignak Island, Alaska (10 miles). The temblor was picked up at 12:28:56 / 12:28 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: us20009lz5. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20009lz5. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -179.3285 West, latitude 51.3128 North, depth = 38.12 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 38.12 km (24 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 06/06/17 / 2017-06-06 22:28:56 / June 6, 2017 @ 10:28 pm.
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been nine, in the last 10 days eleven, in the past 30 days four hundred and fourty-six and in the last 365 days six hundred and twenty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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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. 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: 16 km WNW of Amatignak Island, Alaska.
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