A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 95 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska (59 miles). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 44.2 km (27 miles). Global time and date of event 08/10/18 / 2018-10-08 06:38:42 / October 8, 2018 @ 6:38 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -165.1971 West, latitude 53.3472 North, depth = 44.2 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak20273281. Id of event: ak20273281. The temblor was picked up at 19:38:42 / 7:38 pm (local time epicenter).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days one hundred and fourty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 95 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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