A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.8 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 137 km SSW of Amatignak Island, Alaska (85 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -179.9684 West, latitude 50.1522 North, depth = 39.28 km. All ids that are associated to the event: ak16776695, us2000an01. Unique identifier: us2000an01. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 07/09/17 / 2017-09-07 16:59:24 / September 7, 2017 @ 4:59 pm. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 39.28 km (24 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was detected at 04:59:24 / 4:59 am (local time epicenter).
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days twenty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 137 km SSW of Amatignak Island, Alaska. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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