A minor earthquake magnitude 3.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 69 km NE of Nikolski, Alaska (43 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -168.0143 West, latitude 53.2916 North, depth = 70.07 km. The temblor was picked up at 00:57:33 / 12:57 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 06/03/16 / 2016-03-06 10:57:33 / March 6, 2016 @ 10:57 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 70.07 km (44 miles) below the earth’s surface. Id of earthquake: us10004w6a. Event ids that are associated: ak12950053, us10004w6a.
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days eighty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 69 km NE of Nikolski, Alaska.
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