A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.7 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 101 km SW of Chernabura Island, Alaska (63 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 03/12/18 / 2018-12-03 02:09:39 / December 3, 2018 @ 2:09 am. All ids that are associated to the event: ak20435122, us1000i0x3. Unique identifier: us1000i0x3. Exact location of event, longitude -160.7671 West, latitude 54.2092 North, depth = 10 km. The 3.7-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 15:09:39 / 3:09 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).
There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. 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 fifteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 101 km SW of Chernabura Island, Alaska.
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