A minor earthquake magnitude 3.9 (ml/mb) strikes 93 km SSW of Nikolski, Alaska (58 miles) on Thursday. Unique identifier: us100035ez. Ids that are associated to the event: ak11682626, us100035ez. The temblor was picked up at 15:40:42 / 3:40 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -169.4194 West, latitude 52.1724 North, depth = 25.67 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 25.67 km (16 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 21/08/15 / 2015-08-21 02:40:42 / August 21, 2015 @ 2:40 am.
In the past 24 hours, there have been twelve, in the last 10 days twenty-three, in the past 30 days two hundred and thirty-five and in the last 365 days three hundred and sixteen 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. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 93 km SSW of Nikolski, Alaska.
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