A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 48 km S of Chirikof Island, Alaska (30 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -155.488 West, latitude 55.3925 North, depth = 28.4 km. Id of earthquake: ak11863604. Event ids that are associated: ak11863604. The 3.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 22:23:30 / 10:23 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 12/11/15 / 2015-11-12 08:23:30 / November 12, 2015 @ 8:23 am. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 28.4 km (18 miles).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days sixteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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: 48 km S of Chirikof Island, Alaska. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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