A minor earthquake magnitude 3.7 (ml/mb) strikes 55 km S of Nikolski, Alaska (34 miles) on Sunday. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 27/08/17 / 2017-08-27 12:19:10 / August 27, 2017 @ 12:19 pm. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 23.5 km (15 miles) below the earth’s surface. Unique identifier: ak16705293. Ids that are associated to the event: ak16705293. Exact location, longitude -168.9989° West, latitude 52.4502° North, depth = 23.5 km. The temblor was reported at 01:19:10 / 1:19 am (local time epicenter).
In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days twenty-two and in the last 365 days one hundred and fifteen 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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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 55 km S of Nikolski, Alaska. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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