A minor earthquake magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 65 km S of Nikolski, Alaska (40 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 06/10/17 / 2017-10-06 08:38:15 / October 6, 2017 @ 8:38 am. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 37.1 km (23 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -169.0532 West, latitude 52.3568 North, depth = 37.1 km. The temblor was detected at 21:38:15 / 9:38 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: ak16990094. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak16990094.
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days twenty and in the last 365 days one hundred and fourty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year.
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