A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 73 km SW of Nikolski, Alaska (45 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -169.5076 West, latitude 52.4016 North, depth = 33.4 km. Global time and date of event 22/11/17 / 2017-11-22 06:09:56 / November 22, 2017 @ 6:09 am UTC/GMT. Unique identifier: ak17371104. Ids that are associated to the event: ak17371104. The 3.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 19:09:56 / 7:09 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 33.4 km (21 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days eleven and in the last 365 days one hundred and sixty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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: 73 km SW of Nikolski, Alaska. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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