A minor earthquake magnitude 3.4 (ml/mb) strikes 79 km SSW of Nikolski, Alaska (49 miles) on Friday. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 14.38 km (9 miles). Exact location of event, depth 14.38 km, -169.1804° West, 52.2499° North. Id of earthquake: us1000aw5r. Event ids that are associated: ak17090712, us1000aw5r. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 20/10/17 / 2017-10-20 13:16:34 / October 20, 2017 @ 1:16 pm. The 3.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 02:16:34 / 2:16 am (local time epicenter).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days twelve, in the past 30 days twenty-two and in the last 365 days one hundred and sixty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. 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: 79 km SSW of Nikolski, Alaska. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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