A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.5 (ml/mb) was reported 72 km SW of Nikolski, Alaska (45 miles) on Friday. The epicenter was at a depth of 35 km (22 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -169.5331 West, latitude 52.4293 North, depth = 35 km. The temblor was detected at 16:12:06 / 4:12 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 08/09/18 / 2018-09-08 03:12:06 / September 8, 2018 @ 3:12 am. All ids that are associated to the event: ak20246082, us2000hb4w. Unique identifier: us2000hb4w.
In the past 24 hours, there have been seven, in the last 10 days fourteen, in the past 30 days nineteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and eighty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 72 km SW of Nikolski, Alaska.
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