A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.7 (ml/mb) was reported 84 km W of Amatignak Island, Alaska (52 miles) on Monday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 35 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 179.6922 East, latitude 51.1766 North, depth = 35 km. Global time and date of event 03/02/20 / 2020-02-03 05:04:09 / February 3, 2020 @ 5:04 am UTC/GMT. Event id: us70007t9i. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak0201kb9ubq, us70007t9i. The temblor was reported at 17:04:09 / 5:04 pm (local time epicenter).
In the past 24 hours, there have been seven, in the last 10 days twenty, in the past 30 days twenty-six and in the last 365 days eighty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. 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 react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 84 km W of Amatignak Island, Alaska.
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