A minor earthquake magnitude 3.7 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 98 km SE of City of Saint Paul, Alaska (61 miles). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 3.7-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 16:23:52 / 4:23 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 08/03/19 / 2019-03-08 03:23:52 / March 8, 2019 @ 3:23 am. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, -169.1944° West, 56.4994° North. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak01932uxli8, us2000k8us. Id of event: us2000k8us.
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days twenty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 98 km SE of City of Saint Paul, Alaska.
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