A minor earthquake magnitude 3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 79 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska (49 miles). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 23.17 km (14 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 01:13:34 / 1:13 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 21/12/17 / 2017-12-21 12:13:34 / December 21, 2017 @ 12:13 pm. Exact location of event, longitude -160.8528 West, latitude 54.6542 North, depth = 23.17 km. All ids that are associated to the event: ak17630194, us1000bvbn. Unique identifier: us1000bvbn.
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 nine, in the last 10 days fifteen, in the past 30 days twenty-one and in the last 365 days ninety-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 79 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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