A minor earthquake magnitude 3.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 55 kilometers (34 miles) from Juneau in Alaska. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 22/08/20 / 2020-08-22 11:04:35 / August 22, 2020 @ 11:04 am. The temblor was reported at 11:04:35 / 11:04 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -133.4792 West, latitude 58.3378 North, depth = 4.3 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 4.3 km (3 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000bj03, ak020astv9bf. Id of event: ak020astv9bf.
Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Juneau. Event epicenter was 55 km (34 miles) from Juneau (c. 31 300 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days thirty-five and in the last 365 days sixty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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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: 55 km E of Juneau, Alaska.
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