A minor earthquake magnitude 3.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 65 km SSE of Nikolski, Alaska (40 miles). Id of earthquake: us1000hdiu. Event ids that are associated: ak20285795, us1000hdiu. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 11/10/18 / 2018-10-11 06:43:42 / October 11, 2018 @ 6:43 am. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 39.78 km (25 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 3.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 19:43:42 / 7:43 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -168.4729 West, latitude 52.4001 North, depth = 39.78 km.
In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days eleven and in the last 365 days one hundred and twenty-one 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. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 65 km SSE of Nikolski, Alaska.
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