A minor earthquake magnitude 3.9 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 75 km SW of Amatignak Island, Alaska (47 miles). Id of earthquake: us60007crt. Event ids that are associated: us60007crt. The temblor was picked up at 22:52:31 / 10:52 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -179.8784° West, latitude 50.7919° North, depth = 10 km. Global time and date of event 22/01/20 / 2020-01-22 10:52:31 / January 22, 2020 @ 10:52 am UTC/GMT. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface.
In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days eighty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 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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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: 75 km SW of Amatignak Island, Alaska.
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