A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.7 (ml/mb) was reported 57 km W of Amatignak Island, Alaska (35 miles) on Saturday. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 26/01/20 / 2020-01-26 09:37:49 / January 26, 2020 @ 9:37 am. Unique identifier: us70007jxg. Ids that are associated to the event: us70007jxg. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 35.57 km (22 miles). Exact location, longitude -179.9156° West, latitude 51.3528° North, depth = 35.57 km. The 3.7-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 21:37:49 / 9:37 pm (local time epicenter).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been fifty, in the last 10 days sixty-four, in the past 30 days seventy-two and in the last 365 days one hundred and seventy earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 57 km W of Amatignak Island, Alaska.
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