A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.8 (ml/mb) was reported 94 km SSE of Nikolski, Alaska (58 miles) on Sunday. Exact location of event, depth 20.7 km, -168.5321° West, 52.1139° North. The temblor was picked up at 07:04:52 / 7:04 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 20.7 km (13 miles). Event id: ak13188037. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak13188037. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 27/03/16 / 2016-03-27 18:04:52 / March 27, 2016 @ 6:04 pm.
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been seventeen, in the last 10 days eighteen, in the past 30 days twenty and in the last 365 days three hundred and seventy-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 94 km SSE of Nikolski, Alaska.
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