A minor earthquake magnitude 3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 137 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska (85 miles). Exact location of earthquake, -166.9266° West, 52.5612° North, depth 13.3 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak12149133. Id of event: ak12149133. The temblor was reported at 14:01:46 / 2:01 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 07/12/15 / 2015-12-07 01:01:46 / December 7, 2015 @ 1:01 am UTC/GMT. The epicenter was at a depth of 13.3 km (8 miles).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days sixty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 137 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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