A minor earthquake with magnitude 3 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 26 km SSE of Nikolski, Alaska (16 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 01/09/18 / 2018-09-01 19:54:45 / September 1, 2018 @ 7:54 pm. The 3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 09:54:45 / 9:54 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: ak20239356. Ids that are associated to the event: ak20239356. The epicenter was at a depth of 41.7 km (26 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -168.7862 West, latitude 52.7021 North, depth = 41.7 km.
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days eleven and in the last 365 days one hundred and fourteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year.
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