A minor earthquake magnitude 3.2 (ml/mb) strikes 142 km WNW of Haines Junction, Canada (88 miles) on Saturday. Exact location of event, longitude -140.0297 West, latitude 61.1175 North, depth = 10 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Unique identifier: us6000a2mx. Ids that are associated to the event: ak0206xxmnjy, us6000a2mx. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 30/05/20 / 2020-05-30 12:56:22 / May 30, 2020 @ 12:56 pm. The temblor was picked up at 12:56:22 / 12:56 pm (local time epicenter).
Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days nine 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.
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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. 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: 142 km WNW of Haines Junction, Canada.
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