A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 80 km SW of Nikolski, Alaska (50 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 07/10/19 / 2019-10-07 09:45:54 / October 7, 2019 @ 9:45 am UTC/GMT. The 3.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 22:45:54 / 10:45 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -169.5548° West, latitude 52.3501° North, depth = 35 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 35 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak019cv83u0x, us70005uc6. Id of event: us70005uc6.
In the past 24 hours, there have been ten, in the last 10 days eleven, in the past 30 days seventeen and in the last 365 days one hundred and three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 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. 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: 80 km SW of Nikolski, Alaska.
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