A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 83 km SE of Adak, Alaska (52 miles). Global time and date of event 31/08/19 / 2019-08-31 00:36:18 / August 31, 2019 @ 12:36 am UTC/GMT. Unique identifier: us70005n2q. Ids that are associated to the event: ak019b5vt3dj, us70005n2q. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -175.7041 West, latitude 51.4234 North, depth = 10 km. The temblor was detected at 12:36:18 / 12:36 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface.
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 six, in the last 10 days nine, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days one hundred and two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking 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: 83 km SE of Adak, Alaska.
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