A minor earthquake magnitude 3.2 (ml/mb) strikes 14 km NW of Amatignak Island, Alaska (9 miles) on Saturday. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak0199vxb6vj, us700058mt. Id of event: us700058mt. Exact location of event, longitude -179.2407 West, latitude 51.3637 North, depth = 32.97 km. Global time and date of event 03/08/19 / 2019-08-03 21:44:18 / August 3, 2019 @ 9:44 pm UTC/GMT. The 3.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 11:44:18 / 11:44 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 32.97 km (20 miles).
There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been eight, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days twelve and in the last 365 days one hundred and fourty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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. 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: 14 km NW of Amatignak Island, Alaska.
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