A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.2 (ml/mb) was reported 130 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska (81 miles) on Thursday. Exact location, longitude -159.2299° West, latitude 54.4201° North, depth = 29.57 km. The 3.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 23:57:09 / 11:57 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 22/10/20 / 2020-10-22 23:57:09 / October 22, 2020 @ 11:57 pm. Id of earthquake: us7000cb6w. Event ids that are associated: ak020dlx3xu3, us7000cb6w. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 29.57 km (18 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been three hundred and nineteen, in the last 10 days eight hundred and thirteen, in the past 30 days eight hundred and twenty-nine and in the last 365 days one thousand and ninety-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 130 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska.
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