A minor earthquake magnitude 3 (ml/mb) strikes 78 km SE of Nikolski, Alaska (48 miles) on Monday. Exact location of event, longitude -167.9173 West, latitude 52.5391 North, depth = 18.9 km. The temblor was detected at 18:26:30 / 6:26 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: ak13590083. Unique identifier: ak13590083. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 17/05/16 / 2016-05-17 05:26:30 / May 17, 2016 @ 5:26 am. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 18.9 km (12 miles).
There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days eleven, in the past 30 days eighteen and in the last 365 days three hundred and thirty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 78 km SE of Nikolski, Alaska. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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