A minor earthquake magnitude 3 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 136 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska (85 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -166.9332 West, latitude 52.5825 North, depth = 33.99 km. Global time and date of event 07/12/15 / 2015-12-07 01:01:48 / December 7, 2015 @ 1:01 am UTC/GMT. Event id: us20004g5f. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak12149133, us20004g5f. The 3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 14:01:48 / 2:01 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 33.99 km (21 miles).
There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days sixty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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: 136 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska.
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