A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.8 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 109 km SSW of Nikolski, Alaska (68 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -169.3141 West, latitude 51.9907 North, depth = 28.81 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 28.81 km (18 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 13/02/21 / 2021-02-13 19:18:11 / February 13, 2021 @ 7:18 pm. The 3.8-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 19:18:11 / 7:18 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: ak0212132e0y, us6000djdn. Unique identifier: us6000djdn.
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been eight, in the last 10 days nine, in the past 30 days seventeen and in the last 365 days one hundred and eighty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year.
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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. 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: 109 km SSW of Nikolski, Alaska.
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