A minor earthquake magnitude 3.5 (ml/mb) strikes 47 km SE of Semisopochnoi Island, Alaska (29 miles) on Sunday. Exact location of event, longitude -179.8483 West, latitude 51.6934 North, depth = 106.94 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 106.94 km (66 miles) below the earth’s surface. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 22/12/19 / 2019-12-22 21:57:50 / December 22, 2019 @ 9:57 pm. Unique identifier: us70006pz1. Ids that are associated to the event: ak019gd45z8p, us70006pz1. The temblor was reported at 09:57:50 / 9:57 am (local time epicenter).
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 nine, in the last 10 days nine, in the past 30 days thirty-one and in the last 365 days one hundred and five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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: 47 km SE of Semisopochnoi Island, Alaska.
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