A minor earthquake magnitude 3.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 52 km SSW of Nikolski, Alaska (32 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -169.1146 West, latitude 52.4887 North, depth = 20.9 km. The 3.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 21:11:07 / 9:11 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 29/08/18 / 2018-08-29 08:11:07 / August 29, 2018 @ 8:11 am. The epicenter was at a depth of 20.9 km (13 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: ak20237446. Unique identifier: ak20237446.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days one hundred and fourty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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