A minor earthquake magnitude 3.6 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 162 km SSW of Chirikof Island, Alaska (101 miles). Id of earthquake: ak16991056. Event ids that are associated: ak16991056. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 60.1 km (37 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was picked up at 09:10:07 / 9:10 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -156.7761° West, 54.5199° North, depth 60.1 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 06/10/17 / 2017-10-06 19:10:07 / October 6, 2017 @ 7:10 pm UTC/GMT.
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days nineteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity 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: 162 km SSW of Chirikof Island, Alaska. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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