A minor earthquake magnitude 3 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 91 km WNW of Haines, Alaska (57 miles). The epicenter was at a depth of 5 km (3 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 05/09/17 / 2017-09-05 02:21:30 / September 5, 2017 @ 2:21 am. Exact location of event, longitude -136.9284 West, latitude 59.5501 North, depth = 5 km. The temblor was detected at 18:21:30 / 6:21 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: us2000afu0. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak16766851, us2000afu0.
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 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 six, in the last 10 days ten, in the past 30 days sixteen and in the last 365 days two hundred and fourty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred 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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 91 km WNW of Haines, Alaska. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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