A minor earthquake magnitude 3.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 86 km SSW of Nikolski, Alaska (53 miles). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 41.4 km (26 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location, longitude -169.4674° West, latitude 52.2488° North, depth = 41.4 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 06/11/15 / 2015-11-06 01:44:24 / November 6, 2015 @ 1:44 am. The temblor was detected at 14:44:24 / 2:44 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak11775738. Id of event: ak11775738.
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been eleven, in the last 10 days seventeen, in the past 30 days thirty-three and in the last 365 days three hundred and seventy-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 86 km SSW of Nikolski, Alaska. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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