A minor earthquake magnitude 3 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 84 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska (52 miles). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 35.7 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was reported at 23:16:51 / 11:16 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: ak20337747. Unique identifier: ak20337747. Exact location of event, longitude -165.2405 West, latitude 53.4427 North, depth = 35.7 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 09/11/18 / 2018-11-09 10:16:51 / November 9, 2018 @ 10:16 am.
In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days sixteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and fourty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year.
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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. 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: 84 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska.
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