A minor earthquake with magnitude 3 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 46 km SSW of Atka, Alaska (29 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 16/10/16 / 2016-10-16 12:17:07 / October 16, 2016 @ 12:17 pm. The 3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 00:17:07 / 12:17 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 110.26 km (69 miles). Exact location of earthquake, -174.3846° West, 51.7947° North, depth 110.26 km. Id of earthquake: us20007frq. Event ids that are associated: ak14218069, us20007frq.
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been six, in the last 10 days fourteen, in the past 30 days twenty-six and in the last 365 days two hundred and ninety-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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. 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: 46 km SSW of Atka, Alaska.
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