A minor earthquake magnitude 3.3 (ml/mb) strikes 74 km ESE of Adak, Alaska (46 miles) on Friday. All ids that are associated to the event: ak019b5vt3dj. Unique identifier: ak019b5vt3dj. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, -175.725° West, 51.5428° North. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was picked up at 12:36:22 / 12:36 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 31/08/19 / 2019-08-31 00:36:22 / August 31, 2019 @ 12:36 am UTC/GMT.
In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days one hundred and three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes 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. 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: 74 km ESE of Adak, Alaska.
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