A minor earthquake magnitude 3.9 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 218 km SE of Nikolski, Alaska (135 miles). Global time and date of event 26/12/16 / 2016-12-26 21:16:21 / December 26, 2016 @ 9:16 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location, longitude -166.979° West, latitude 51.3499° North, depth = 10 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: ak14842009, us10007nn9. Unique identifier: us10007nn9. The 3.9-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 10:16:21 / 10:16 am (local time epicenter).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year.
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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: 218 km SE of Nikolski, Alaska. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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