A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.1 (ml/mb) was reported 104 km SSW of Nikolski, Alaska (65 miles) on Wednesday. Exact location of event, longitude -169.3397 West, latitude 52.0464 North, depth = 35 km. The 3.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 18:39:20 / 6:39 pm (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us2000g1sm. Ids that are associated to the event: ak19839938, us2000g1sm. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 05/07/18 / 2018-07-05 05:39:20 / July 5, 2018 @ 5:39 am. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 35 km (22 miles).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been twelve, in the last 10 days thirteen, in the past 30 days twenty-three and in the last 365 days one hundred and eighty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 104 km SSW of Nikolski, Alaska. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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