A minor earthquake with magnitude 3 (ml/mb) was reported 186 km SE of Akutan, Alaska (116 miles) on Thursday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 36.22 km (23 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -163.9386 West, latitude 52.8691 North, depth = 36.22 km. Event id: us10007by9. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak14400382, us10007by9. Global time and date of event 18/11/16 / 2016-11-18 00:28:55 / November 18, 2016 @ 12:28 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was detected at 13:28:55 / 1:28 pm (local time epicenter).
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days sixteen, in the past 30 days fourty-eight and in the last 365 days one hundred and fifty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. 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: 186 km SE of Akutan, Alaska.
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