A minor earthquake magnitude 3.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 116 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska (72 miles). The 3.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 07:58:34 / 7:58 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 35 km, -164.1557° West, 53.6965° North. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 35 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 14/11/18 / 2018-11-14 18:58:34 / November 14, 2018 @ 6:58 pm. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak20358601, us1000hru1. Id of event: us1000hru1.
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days eleven and in the last 365 days one hundred and sixty-six 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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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 116 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska.
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