A minor earthquake magnitude 3.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 86 km E of Nikolski, Alaska (53 miles). Exact location of earthquake, -167.6021° West, 53.0765° North, depth 47.95 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 47.95 km (30 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event id: us10008t86. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak15926086, us10008t86. The 3.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 10:08:58 / 10:08 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 05/05/17 / 2017-05-05 19:08:58 / May 5, 2017 @ 7:08 pm.
In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days one hundred and six 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. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. 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: 86 km E of Nikolski, Alaska.
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