A minor earthquake magnitude 3 (ml/mb) strikes near the south coast of Chukotskiy Avtonomnyy Okrug, Russia (0 miles) on Friday. All ids that are associated to the event: ak15644690. Unique identifier: ak15644690. The temblor was detected at 20:24:48 / 8:24 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -169.2937° West, 65.286° North, depth 25.5 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 25.5 km (16 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 24/03/17 / 2017-03-24 20:24:48 / March 24, 2017 @ 8:24 pm.
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes 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 data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: near the south coast of Chukotskiy Avtonomnyy Okrug, Russia.
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