A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 85 km SSE of Chignik Lake, Alaska (53 miles). The 3.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 04:20:03 / 4:20 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -158.0955 West, latitude 55.5813 North, depth = 0 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 03/03/18 / 2018-03-03 15:20:03 / March 3, 2018 @ 3:20 pm. The epicenter was at a depth of 0 km (0 miles). Id of earthquake: ak18579040. Event ids that are associated: ak18579040.
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days nine, in the past 30 days eleven and in the last 365 days fifty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year.
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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: 85 km SSE of Chignik Lake, Alaska. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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