A minor earthquake with magnitude 3 (ml/mb) was reported 94 km SSW of Nikolski, Alaska (58 miles) on Thursday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -169.3995 West, latitude 52.1558 North, depth = 21.66 km. All ids that are associated to the event: ak17215274, us2000bnfq. Unique identifier: us2000bnfq. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 21.66 km (13 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of earthquake 10/11/17 / 2017-11-10 00:23:52 / November 10, 2017 @ 12:23 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was detected at 13:23:52 / 1:23 pm (local time epicenter).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days twenty-one and in the last 365 days one hundred and fifty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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