A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 59 km SE of Akutan, Alaska (37 miles). The temblor was detected at 21:53:32 / 9:53 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us20002ncn. Event ids that are associated: ak11617640, us20002ncn. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -165.252 West, latitude 53.693 North, depth = 100.9 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 100.9 km (63 miles) below the earth’s surface. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 05/06/15 / 2015-06-05 08:53:32 / June 5, 2015 @ 8:53 am.
In the past 24 hours, there have been eight, in the last 10 days nine, in the past 30 days twelve and in the last 365 days sixty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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. 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: 59 km SE of Akutan, Alaska.
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