A minor earthquake magnitude 3.3 (ml/mb) strikes 80 km SSW of Nikolski, Alaska (50 miles) on Friday. The 3.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 10:22:35 / 10:22 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 23.4 km (15 miles) below the earth’s surface. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 06/11/15 / 2015-11-06 21:22:35 / November 6, 2015 @ 9:22 pm. Id of earthquake: ak11780452. Event ids that are associated: ak11780452. Exact location, longitude -169.301° West, latitude 52.2616° North, depth = 23.4 km.
In the past 24 hours, there have been six, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days twenty-two and in the last 365 days three hundred and sixty-four 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. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 80 km SSW of Nikolski, Alaska. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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