A minor earthquake magnitude 3.5 (ml/mb) strikes 106 km SE of King Cove, Alaska (66 miles) on Friday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 29.1 km (18 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 3.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 11:34:54 / 11:34 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 07/08/20 / 2020-08-07 11:34:54 / August 7, 2020 @ 11:34 am. All ids that are associated to the event: ak020a40zj80, us6000baph. Unique identifier: us6000baph. Exact location of event, longitude -161.1219 West, latitude 54.3962 North, depth = 29.1 km.
In the past 24 hours, there have been seventeen, in the last 10 days fifty-one, in the past 30 days one hundred and nine and in the last 365 days one hundred and sixty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. 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: 106 km SE of King Cove, Alaska.
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