A minor earthquake magnitude 3.2 (ml/mb) strikes 65 km S of Nikolski, Alaska (40 miles) on Thursday. Exact location of event, longitude -169.0415 West, latitude 52.3582 North, depth = 35.9 km. Unique identifier: us1000aqk1. Ids that are associated to the event: ak16990094, us1000aqk1. The 3.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 21:38:15 / 9:38 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 06/10/17 / 2017-10-06 08:38:15 / October 6, 2017 @ 8:38 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 35.9 km (22 miles).
In the past 24 hours, there have been twelve, in the last 10 days sixteen, in the past 30 days thirty-one and in the last 365 days one hundred and fifty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 65 km S of Nikolski, Alaska. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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