A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.3 (ml/mb) was reported 88 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska (55 miles) on Thursday. Global time and date of event 26/10/18 / 2018-10-26 07:34:27 / October 26, 2018 @ 7:34 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, depth 20.7 km, -165.0584° West, 53.4669° North. Id of earthquake: us2000i5p7. Event ids that are associated: ak20291508, us2000i5p7. The temblor was detected at 20:34:27 / 8:34 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 20.7 km (13 miles) below the earth’s surface.
In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days fifteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and fifty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 88 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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