A minor earthquake magnitude 3 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 69 km SSW of Nikolski, Alaska (43 miles). Global time and date of event 07/08/15 / 2015-08-07 01:08:57 / August 7, 2015 @ 1:08 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 20.5 km (13 miles). The temblor was detected at 14:08:57 / 2:08 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -169.3928 West, latitude 52.3961 North, depth = 20.5 km. Id of earthquake: ak11670793. Event ids that are associated: ak11670793.
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been eight, in the last 10 days seventy-three, in the past 30 days one hundred and sixty-nine and in the last 365 days two hundred and sixty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world.
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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. 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: 69 km SSW of Nikolski, Alaska.
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