A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 63 km SSW of Nikolski, Alaska (39 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: ak14296210, us1000749b. Unique identifier: us1000749b. The 3.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 02:27:40 / 2:27 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 35.11 km (22 miles). Exact location, longitude -169.1593° West, latitude 52.3929° North, depth = 35.11 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 04/11/16 / 2016-11-04 13:27:40 / November 4, 2016 @ 1:27 pm.
Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days thirteen, in the past 30 days eighteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and ninety-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 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: 63 km SSW of Nikolski, Alaska.
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