A minor earthquake magnitude 3.7 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 154 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska (96 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: ak11612115, us20002m69. Unique identifier: us20002m69. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 30/05/15 / 2015-05-30 14:44:58 / May 30, 2015 @ 2:44 pm. Exact location, longitude -163.7298° West, latitude 53.4619° North, depth = 7.25 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 7.25 km (5 miles). The temblor was detected at 03:44:58 / 3:44 am (local time epicenter).
There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been twelve, in the last 10 days sixteen, in the past 30 days twenty-five and in the last 365 days eighty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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 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: 154 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska.
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