A minor earthquake with magnitude 3 (ml/mb) was reported 154 km S of Nikolski, Alaska (96 miles) on Wednesday. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 14/12/16 / 2016-12-14 11:54:08 / December 14, 2016 @ 11:54 am. Exact location of event, depth 22 km, -168.9354° West, 51.5546° North. Unique identifier: ak14772334. Ids that are associated to the event: ak14772334. The temblor was picked up at 00:54:08 / 12:54 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 22 km (14 miles).
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 one hundred and sixteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 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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