A minor earthquake magnitude 3.1 (ml/mb) strikes 97 km SSW of Semisopochnoi Island, Alaska (60 miles) on Sunday. Event id: ak20007333. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak20007333. Exact location, longitude 179.156° East, latitude 51.1189° North, depth = 19.3 km. The 3.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 20:00:47 / 8:00 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 19.3 km (12 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 05/08/18 / 2018-08-05 08:00:47 / August 5, 2018 @ 8:00 am.
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days thirteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and seventeen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year.
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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: 97 km SSW of Semisopochnoi Island, Alaska.
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