A minor earthquake magnitude 3.8 (ml/mb) strikes 96 km SE of Nikolski, Alaska (60 miles) on Thursday. Id of earthquake: ak17099319. Event ids that are associated: ak17099319. Exact location, longitude -167.8815° West, latitude 52.3106° North, depth = 25.6 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 26/10/17 / 2017-10-26 17:53:39 / October 26, 2017 @ 5:53 pm. The temblor was detected at 06:53:39 / 6:53 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 25.6 km (16 miles).
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days eighty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 96 km SE of Nikolski, Alaska.
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