A minor earthquake magnitude 3.5 (ml/mb) strikes 73 km S of Nikolski, Alaska (45 miles) on Saturday. Event id: ak16683385. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak16683385. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 16.6 km (10 miles). Exact location, longitude -168.9987° West, latitude 52.2865° North, depth = 16.6 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 26/08/17 / 2017-08-26 14:28:10 / August 26, 2017 @ 2:28 pm. The 3.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 03:28:10 / 3:28 am (local time epicenter).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been seven, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days twenty-seven and in the last 365 days one hundred and thirty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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: 73 km S of Nikolski, Alaska. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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