A minor earthquake magnitude 3.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 62 km SE of Nikolski, Alaska (39 miles). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 35 km (22 miles). Unique identifier: us7000d1xq. Ids that are associated to the event: ak021bm76zb, us7000d1xq. Exact location of earthquake, -168.3292° West, 52.477° North, depth 35 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 07/01/21 / 2021-01-07 02:41:51 / January 7, 2021 @ 2:41 am. The temblor was detected at 02:41:51 / 2:41 am (local time epicenter).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days thirty-two and in the last 365 days one hundred and seventy-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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. 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: 62 km SE of Nikolski, Alaska.
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