A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.7 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 32 km ESE of Amatignak Island, Alaska (20 miles). Global time and date of event 02/03/19 / 2019-03-02 22:11:49 / March 2, 2019 @ 10:11 pm UTC/GMT. Id of earthquake: us1000jdqe. Event ids that are associated: us1000jdqe. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 35 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 3.7-magnitude earthquake was detected at 10:11:49 / 10:11 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 35 km, -178.6871° West, 51.1324° North.
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been six, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days thirteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and fifty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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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: 32 km ESE of Amatignak Island, Alaska.
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