A minor earthquake magnitude 3.3 (ml/mb) strikes 86 km SSE of Nikolski, Alaska (53 miles) on Saturday. Exact location, longitude -168.4671° West, latitude 52.2015° North, depth = 13.8 km. The temblor was detected at 12:28:37 / 12:28 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 13.8 km (9 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of earthquake 27/01/18 / 2018-01-27 23:28:37 / January 27, 2018 @ 11:28 pm UTC/GMT. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak18212559. Id of event: ak18212559.
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days one hundred and thirteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 86 km SSE of Nikolski, Alaska.
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