A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.6 (ml/mb) was reported 43 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska (27 miles) on Monday. The temblor was picked up at 17:12:38 / 5:12 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 18/04/17 / 2017-04-18 04:12:38 / April 18, 2017 @ 4:12 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -168.2865 West, latitude 52.7771 North, depth = 43.3 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 43.3 km (27 miles) below the earth’s surface. All ids that are associated to the event: ak15780473. Unique identifier: ak15780473.
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days one hundred and sixty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 43 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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