A minor earthquake magnitude 3.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 142 km SSW of Chirikof Island, Alaska (88 miles). Exact location, longitude -156.7827° West, latitude 54.7252° North, depth = 25 km. Unique identifier: us2000c4np. Ids that are associated to the event: ak17600061, us2000c4np. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 25 km (16 miles). Global time and date of event 15/12/17 / 2017-12-15 02:08:05 / December 15, 2017 @ 2:08 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was picked up at 16:08:05 / 4:08 pm (local time epicenter).
There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days thirty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city 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: 142 km SSW of Chirikof Island, Alaska.
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