A minor earthquake magnitude 3.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 84 km SSE of Shemya Island, Alaska (52 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 03/02/19 / 2019-02-03 06:05:53 / February 3, 2019 @ 6:05 am. Event id: us2000jn83. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000jn83. The epicenter was at a depth of 35.69 km (22 miles). Exact location, longitude 174.4501° East, latitude 51.9914° North, depth = 35.69 km. The temblor was detected at 18:05:53 / 6:05 pm (local time epicenter).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days thirteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year.
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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: 84 km SSE of Shemya Island, Alaska. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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