A minor earthquake magnitude 3.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 26 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska (16 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 21/10/18 / 2018-10-21 08:42:41 / October 21, 2018 @ 8:42 am. Event id: ak20288413. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak20288413. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 70.5 km (44 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 3.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 22:42:41 / 10:42 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -165.4306 West, latitude 54.0017 North, depth = 70.5 km.
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days eighty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 26 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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