A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.5 (ml/mb) was reported 144 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska (89 miles) on Friday. The 3.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 08:02:03 / 8:02 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: ak020dnbdzot, us7000c7ft. Unique identifier: us7000c7ft. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -159.4767 West, latitude 54.1767 North, depth = 29.59 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 29.59 km (18 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of earthquake 23/10/20 / 2020-10-23 08:02:03 / October 23, 2020 @ 8:02 am UTC/GMT.
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one hundred and fifty, in the last 10 days five hundred and two, in the past 30 days five hundred and seventeen and in the last 365 days seven hundred and thirty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 144 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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